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