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Kalina
Could someone tell me what is the meaning of the verb "trollop" in this piece of poetry:
"We haven’t a camelty tune of our own
To help us trollop along,
But every neck is a hairy trombone
(Rtt-ta-ta-ta! is a hairy trombone!) "
This extract is from Her Majesty's Servants in the First Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
Thanks in advance for your help!
6 jan. 2023 15:35
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This is an old-fashioned verb that is being used to describe their movement. It originally meant that a horse's gait was somewhere between a trot and a gallop, but here it just means that their movement isn't very urgent.
6 januari 2023
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Kalina
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