Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1826-1951
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LOZENGER, n. Also los(s)enger. Sc. deriv. forms of Eng. lozenge, a flavoured, orig. diamond-shaped, sweet (ne. and wm.Sc. 1880 Jam.; Cai. 1902 E.D.D.; Uls. 1953 Traynor). Gen.Sc. Also in U.S. and Eng. dial.Lth. 1858 The Dark Night 230:
"Losh me! lozengers," said Mrs Monypenny, taking the confectionery.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 22:
Jenny . . . had been chewin' a paperfu' o' lozengers.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (14 Jan.):
Ye wid get a nev o' lozengers.Gsw. 1904 H. Foulis Erchie iv.:
I thocht it was pan-drops ye cam' oot for, or conversation-losengers.Uls. 1923 J. Logan Uls. in X-Rays 79:
Awa', an' buy . . . twa ounces o' peppermint lossengers.Rs. 1951 Scots Mag. (June) 222:
In exchange for a piece of string, a "lozenger," a few corochans or some other coveted commodity.
Comb. †lozenger-wine, a kind of sherbet made from a pellet of cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda.Ags. 1826 A. H. Millar Haunted Dundee (1923) 181:
It was administered among some "lozenger-wine" in a dram-glass or tumbler.
