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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LOLL, n.¹ A pampered lazy person. Obs. in Eng. in 17th c. Dim. form †loldie, id. (Abd.¹⁵ 1928). Cf. Lall, n.¹Abd. 1739 in Caled. Mag. (1788) 502:
There tumbled a mischievous pair O' mawtent lolls aboon him.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 70:
Meg Sowter's sin, a mautent loll, (For sair the wife beam-full't him).