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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1774
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TROLOLLAY, int. Also trololay. A rhythmical word occuring in a rhyme used by young people on the last day of the year (Sc. 1808 Jam.). See Hogmanay. [trɔlɔ′le]Sc. 1774 Weekly Mag. (March 10) 334:
It has, so far as the memory of anyone now alive can reach, run thus: Hagmenay, Trololay.
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