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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1875
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¶LING-LANG, adj. Nonce variant of lee-lang, livelong, s.v. Lief.Sc. 1875 Stevenson Letters (1899) I. 110:
The ling-lang lanely winter through.
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