A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Loungeour, Longeour, n. [Loung(e v.; mod. Eng. lounger, lounger (1711– ).] An idler, a lay-about. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 121.
Lene larbar loungeour. [M. Leyne lundyr and lairbair] baith lowsy in lisk and lonȝe 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 122.
Quhat bern be thou in bed … Lurkand lyke a longeour?
