trugmoldy n.
a prostitute.
![]() | Pleasant Notes II v 57: Beside the Fustybeggs, the Dowdees [...] the Maukins, the Fussocks, the Trugmouldies, the Funcos; all which were Faulen sluts, like Bartholmew Faire pig-dressers. | |
![]() | [trans.] Cervantes Don Quixote 53: I have heard of the Trugg-mouldies of Wapping, and the Fussocks of Lime-house, but dare not make any Comparisons with the Tobosos de la Mancha [...] a Family that I never read of in any Book of Heraldry before. | |
![]() | London Spy VI 131: Over-against these stood a parcel of Trugmoldies, Straw-Hats, and Flat-Caps. | |
![]() | Art of Pickpocketing (1992) n.p.: On the Fleet Bridge, trugmoldies in straw hats and flat caps sold socks and nightcaps and plum puddings. |