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▪ I. lil, lill, n.|lɪl|
[Romany.]
‖a. As a gipsy word: A book.
b. slang. (See quots.); also ‘a five-pound note’ (Farmer).
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Lill, a pocket-book. 1851Borrow Lavengro I. xvii. 219 Then the more shame for you—a snake-fellow—a horse-witch—and a lil-reader—yet you can't shift for yourself. 1857― Romany Rye ix. (1900) 58 Lor', brother! how learned in lils you are! 1859Matsell Vocab. (Farmer), Lil, a pocket-book. Lill, a bad bill.
▪ II. lil, a.|lɪl|
Also li'l.
Colloq. contraction of little a.
1881J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus (1884) lx. 258 One ole Bear..hab one, two lilly Bear... Lil boy Bear, 'e des lahff'..Lil gal Bear, 'e look skeer. 1894Hall Caine Manxman 200 Nice lil thing, too. 1912C. E. Mulford in Pearson's Mag. May 627/1 Purty, all right. Brown hair an' I reckon brown eyes. Nice li'l girl. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival v. 54 Would you like him to give you a lil girl like me? 1932L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. iii. 516 Good ole Mick!.. Plucky lil bastard! 1953K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxix. 391 We'll go out and see your Mom. Take her a lil present, maybe. 1967K. Allsop Hard Travellin' xxiii. 274, I can fiddle a li'l bit. 1967Perry & Aldridge Penguin Bk. Comics iii. 99 Much of Li'l Abner has been absorbed into American folk-lore. 1969‘I. Drummond’ Man with Tiny Head 7 Where's girl? Where's lil girl? 1975M. Kenyon Mr Big xviii. 165 Phoebe said, ‘That's a helluva greeting for a li'l ladykin.’
▪ III. lil
var. lill v. Obs., and lile a. dial. |