lodomy

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Scots

Noun

lodomy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) laudanum
    • 1828, Peter Buchan, Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, page 250:
      The English dogs were cunning rogues, / About him they did creep, / And ga'e him drap o' lodomy / That laid him fast asleep.
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