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Dialect ‘L’ 2 of 3 Level going easy-tempered, gentle Lick a toady, to beat, a blow, ‘that’s but a lick and a promise’, careless washing; ‘lick thumbs on that’, make a pledge or promise Lies near is close; also of money in the bank, stands in good stead, ‘it lies by me till I need it’ Lift to pass the plate in church, stadium; n. the result of the former; misunderstand, ‘I did not lift you there’; steal, ‘he’d lift anything’; ‘when does the funeral lift?’, start; ‘I’ll give you a lift with my toe’, hard kick to raise you up; ‘a dead lift’, weight raised from ground level Liggety long Lights ‘roaring his lights out for nothing at all’ Like ‘like I don’t know what!’, comparison difficult ‘what like is the calf?’, is it healthy?; ‘summer like’, hot; ‘winter-like’, cold Likeness photograph, ‘he had his likeness tuk’ Limber easily breakable Lines Certificate of baptism, marriage, character Linge chastise Lip impertinence, ‘don’t give me your lip’; taste, ‘I haven’t lipped a drink all day’ Lint-hole flax-hole Load large quantity, ‘he had a full load last night’, got drunk Load o’ coul’ a bad cold Lock unspecified quantity, ‘a lock of potatoes’, ‘a lock of hens’
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