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ˈhallion, hallyon Sc. and north. dial.
Also hullion.
[Origin uncertain. Cf. F. haillon rag.]
A term of contempt: A low or scurvy fellow; an idle, worthless fellow.
1786Burns Addr. Beelzebub 37 They..tirl the hallions to the birses. 1789D. Davidson Seasons 26 (Jam.) Some rustic hallion. 1808–18Jamieson, Hullion. 1817Scott Rob Roy iv, This is a decentish hallion. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Hallion, a term of reproach. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxx. 223, I can manage the hullions fine. |