trundle-tail, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

trundle-tail n.

also trindle-tail

[SE trundle-tail, a cur, a mongrel, lit. a dog with a curly tail]

a derog. description of a person; also as adj.

1599		Nashe Praise of the Red Herring 29: His worshipfull nephew Hugo Habberdine, and a trundle-taile tike.
1613		Beaumont & Fletcher Honest Man’s Fortune V iii: She knows that trindle-tail too well.
1687		J. Phillips [trans.] Cervantes Don Quixote 435: [G]ood Gaffer Trandle-tail, go seek somewhere else for Ladys, [...] to look after your Ass; for here are no Ostlers Daughters.
1702		Vanbrugh False Friend Act I: The little short Trundle-tail, shoots a je ne scay quoy.