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† ˈtroll-madam Obs.
Forms: 6 troule in madame, trol in madam, trowe maddam, trolemadame, 7 trol-madame, troll-my-dame, troll-medam, trou-madam, 8 troll-madame, 8–9 trou-madame.
[app. an alteration of F. trou-madame (f. trou hole) by association with troll v.]
A game played by ladies, resembling bagatelle: see quot. 1572. = hole n. 10 a.
1572J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 12 The Ladyes, Gentle Women, Wyues and Maydes maye..haue in the ende of a Benche eleuen holes made, intoo the which to trowle pummetes or Bowles of leade..or also of Copper, Tynne, Woode..the pastyme Troule in Madame is termed. margin, Trol in Madam. 1573in Gage Hengrave (1822) 199 A frame of wood upon wch they play wth pellets, called trowe maddam. 1606Holland Sueton. Annot. 18 The game of young Gentlewomen called of some Trol-Madame. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iii. 92 A fellow (sir) that I haue knowne to goe about with Troll-my-dames. 1666Third Advice to a Painter 19 He plays with Danger, and his Bullets trouls, As 'twere at Trou-Madam through all the holes. 1689Lond. Gaz. No. 2503/4 If any Persons have occasion for Tables, and Table-men,..and Troll-Madams, they may be furnished. 1774H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Upper Ossory 30 July, I would not for the world have a table of trou-madame without a king and a queen. 1819Blackw. Mag. IV. 564 A harmless quiet kind of sport, like shuttlecock, or trou-madame, or nine-pins. |