Girl with a bit of trunk

[Lilithniahm]

Hello!

Context: A couple of people are out riding horses. The following exchange takes place:
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"Your best friend is a horse? That must be because you don't get along with people".
He laughed, then said: "You're a girl with a bit of trunk, aren't you? You're right. I don't get along with others".

(Some Kind of Fairy Tale - G. Joyce)


What does the sentence in bold mean?
Thank you

 

[pops91710]

The reference to trunk seems to me to be a reference to the elephant that is regarded as an extremely intelligent animal. I can't think of any other possibility. Apparently the girl's perceptiveness was a demonstration of her intelligence to the horseman.

 

[london calling]

In some BE dialects trunk means courage/cheek, or something along those lines. Nothing to do with elephants!

 

[pops91710]

Well , thats what I get for trying to decipher British sayings!!!

 

[Lilithniahm]

Thank you!