trowl

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A form of troll — a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.

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Meanings

verbtrowl (third-person singular simple present trowls, present participle trowling, simple past and past participle trowled)

present singular third person trowls · participle present trowling · participle past trowled · past trowled

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of troll (“entice fish with bait”).

    Thirdly, he seems to prefer snapping, to trowling after this fish.

    December 15 1739, Henry Fielding, The Champion
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trowl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trowl.

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