1883. Daily Telegraph, 26 Jan., p. 5, col. 3. She lollops about in a loose dressing-gown, and he is seduced into the carelessness of carpet slippers.
Lollop-fever, subs. (American).—Laziness.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Lolloping, adj. (colloquial).—Idle;
lounging; slovenly.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, xvi. Turier . . . made a heavy lolloping hit.
1844. Stephens, Adv. of a Gentleman, iii. Horses having long pasterns, have usually a lumbering lolloping action, neither fast nor pleasant.
Lollpoop (Loll, or Loller), subs.
(old).—See quots.
1600. Breton, Pasquils' Madcappe, p. 10. A lobbe, a lovte, a heavy loll, a logge.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Lollpoop, a lazy, idle drone.
Loll-tongue. To play a game
at loll-tongue, verb. phr.
(old).—To be salivated for syphilis.—Grose
(1796).
Lolly, subs. (pugilists').—1. The
head. For synonyms see Crumpet.
2. See Lollipop.
Lollybanger, subs. (nautical).—A
ships' cook. See Loblolly.
Lombard-fever, subs. (old).—The
'idles'; loafing.
1767. Ray, Proverbs [Bohn (1893), 55]. s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Lombard St. All Lombard
Street to a China orange,
phr. (old).—Said of a certainty;
the longest possible odds.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, 38. All Lombard Street to ninepence on it.
- Note*. More usually Lombard st. to a
China orange. There are several of these fanciful forms of betting—Chelsea College to a sentry-box; Pompey's pillar to a stick of sealing-wax, etc. etc.
1849. Bulwer, Caxtons, iv. 3. 'It's Lombard St. to a China orange,' quoth uncle Jack. 'Are the odds in favor of fame against failure really so great?' answered my father.
1892. Evg. Standard, 9 Nov. i. 1. We describe the betting upon a moral certainty as being all Lombard-street to a China orange.
London. To turn (or put) the
best side to London, verb. phr.
(common).—To show one's best:
cf. Humphrey's toppers.
1873. Cassell's Mag., Jan., p. 248, col. 2. This placing the goods in alternate rows of large and small was followed until the top of the box was gained, and then a row of very fine fish indeed crowned the whole. Venturing a remark upon this, the packer grinned as he returned, 'Allays put the best side to London, gov'nor. Wouldn't do to shove the big uns underneath. People wouldn't b'lieve they was there, not if yer swore it. And when we tells 'em up for sale, we allays picks 'em up in double rows, takin' care to keep the big fish uppermost.'
London-ivy (or London Particular),
subs. (common).—A thick
fog.
1852. Dickens, Bleak House, ch. iii. I asked him whether there was a great fire any-where. . . . 'O dear no, miss,' he said. 'This is a London particular.'
1889. Sporting Life, 4 Jan. A very severe cold caught by him during a nine hours' contact with London ivy.
1890. Sportsman, 13 Dec. If only from the question of cost it is clear that a clean sweep should be made of London particular.
London ordinary, subs. (common).—The
beach at Brighton. [Where
trippers feed].
