lashins

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English

Noun

lashins pl (plural only)

  1. Archaic form of lashings (lots; a great amount).
    • 1864, William Evans Burton, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, page 603:
      [] potatoes, bacon, cabbage, and lashins of whiskey, []
    • 1868, William Carleton, Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, volume 1, page 10:
      [] and gave him a rousin' wake into the bargain, with lashins of whiskey, stout beer, and ale; []

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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