lally
English
Noun
lally (plural lallies)
- (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]:
- 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”)