as in prostitutes
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
the tabloids tried to paint the senator's mistress as a trollop
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Shakespeare shouldn’t feel intimidating—historically, his plays were loud and chaotic, with drunk spectators and prostitutes in the audience.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Epstein’s young victims were also threatened and followed; they were grilled by his lawyers and disbelieved by prosecutors, who at times treated them like prostitutes, instead of victims.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 Dec. 2025
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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Dec. 2025
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Tornado sirens and weather alerts send us to shelter in our bathtub from spring into summer, when hurricane season begins and then runs into fall.—
Erin Austen Abbott,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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Druzhyna drove his wife and daughter west, past sirens and explosions, toward the border with Poland.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Trollops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trollops. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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