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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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LALDIE, n. Also laldy and reduplic. form laldy-daldy. A thrashing, punishment, a drubbing, gen. in phrs. to get or gie laldie (m. and s.Sc. 1960); also of pain. Also fig. of any vigorous or energetic action.Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Glenbuckie 226:
If it had come to the maister's ears I'm thinking ye would have got laldie.Lnk. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts 124:
An' gin he an' I don't gree, I wad like to able be To gae him laldy daldy in the yairdie, O.Ayr. 1912 G. Cunningham Verse 118:
Ye'll get laldie owre the bum.Sc. 1935 W. D. Cocker Further Poems 28:
He focht alane for Israel against the Philistine, An' fairly gied them laldie wi' the jaw-bane o' a cuddie.Edb. 1958:
The pair o' them were dancin, and were they no giein it laldie!wm.Sc. 1983 William McIlvanney The Papers of Tony Veitch 49:
'... I'm on my way to the chiropodist's. Ma feet are givin' ma laldy. ...' m.Sc. 1992 James Meek Last Orders 174:
The folk band was giving it laldy. The pub was full, ... Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 95:
Aw aye, this yin. Ah mind ay ma Ma givin it laldy wi this yin. She sang it to me on my birthday. Gsw. 1998 Herald 8 May :
In the church hall Ian Cameron will give it laldy about Jimmy Shand, while Liz Lochhead performs; ... Ayr. 1999:
You'll get laldie [a thrashing]. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 226:
Ye'd take yer books oot and study for yer finals, and faw asleep in the heat wi the birds giein it laldy in the bushes. Gsw. 2000 Herald 19 May 19:
William Bruce, a staunch Scottish nationalist, took his own piper with him to the Antarctic. There is a famous photograph of Piper Gilbert Kerr, giving it laldy.