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PAT LALLY, prop.n. [f. the name of Pat Lally, a former Lord Provost of Glasgow.] Rhyming slang for Swallie v., n. II. 2.Sc. 2001 Sunday Herald (29 Apr) 4:
After a hefty night out sinking a few too many Pat Lallys, have you ever been woken by a rank, rotten feeling and thought: "Ohhh, really shouldn't have drunk so much Chartreuse/Creme de Menthe/Aftershock ... pass the Askits"?
