lally

See also: Lally and lälly

English

Noun

lally (plural lallies)

1. (Polari, usually in the plural) Leg
   • 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Bijou Tourettes (Round the Horne), season 3, episode 12:

     Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil.

   • 2011 October 25, “Ramblings: Fantabulosa”, in Gayboy, Interrupted‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 December 2020:

     I'll uncross my lallies, runa comb through my riah, rearrange the expression on my eke and troll off for a mince round to vada the bona omis.

   • 2013 May 29, Gerry Tebbutt, Twitter‎^[2]:

     @bonnie_langford yes very lucky that the bona lallies are still hoofing

   • 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Aunt nell the patter flash and gardy loo! / Bijou, she trolls, bold on lallies / slick as stripes down the Dilly.

Derived terms

• lally-covers (“trousers”), lally-drags (“trousers”)

Anagrams

• Lyall, allyl