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Noun. Bonfire night, see 'bonnie night'. Possibly spelt bombie night from the use of fireworks. [East Lancashire/Merseyside use]
Verb. To pull faces. From the exagerrated expressions made on the faces of conversing mill workers, in an attempt to make themselves understood over the din of machinery. [Lancashire use. 1900s?]
Lancashire lass is northern English rhyming slang for glass.
Lancashire lasses is northern English rhyming slang for glasses.
Adj. Old fashioned. Possibly from antique(y) or antiquated. E.g."Oh no way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they're so antwacky." [Merseyside/West Lancashire use]
Person from Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester
adj useless junk. While quite recent slang, it’s rather charming: Did your grandmother leave you anything good? / Nope, just a complete load of ancient bobbins. One possible etymology: that it’s from the north of England (particularly the Lancashire and Manchester areas), which used to be supported largely by cotton mills. As the industrial revolution drew to a close, the mills closed down and the population found itself with a surfeit of largely worthless milling machinery. During that time the phrase “‘twas worth nout but bobbins” sprung up; years later we’re left only with the last word.
Noun. A person from Burnley (Lancashire). Generally derog, and heard mainly in football circles, especially by rival Blackburn fans.
Basically meant cigarette. "As in lend us a bain mate". Only ever heard in around Oldham, Lancashire, UK in the 1980's. We had a "bain path" behind our school were the smokers hung out.
Canal. During the 19th century there was prolific expansion of the industrial canal systems both in the Midlands, Yorkshire, and especially Lancashire. Canals were "cut into the ground" Thus "Cut" became synonymous with "Canal". "Where's little Jimmy?", " He's playin'in't fiels beside cut".
Noun. Nickname for the town of Heywood, Lancashire. Derog.
Adj. Exhausted. [Lancashire dialect and use]
Noun. 1. The county of Lancashire. 2. The dialect of the county of Lancashire.
(lassie) molasses
Friend. A term of endearment in the Lancashire town of Wigan. On meeting a friend a Wigan man would very often greet him with "Alreet marrer", meaning "how are you friend".
Noun. A person from Fleetwood. A traditional fishing port in the county of Lancashire.
(1) to have sexual intercourse with (2) breaking wind, farting etc. used in Lancashire school in early 1970's. Particularly amusing when a certain Ms Hough (aged 9) farted, when we could all cry out "Hough's Boffed!. (3) swot, a teacher's pet (prob. abbr. of 'boffin')
Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or shock. Often used to mock the Northern dialects of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
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n.
A girl; a wench; a lass.
n.
A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.
n.
A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
v. i.
To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.
superl.
Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.
n.
The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
v. t.
To lasso (a steer, horse).
imp. & p. p.
of Lasso
v. t.
To catch with a lasso.
n.
A lasso cell.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.
n.
A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
n.
A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
pl.
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n.
A fair lass.
n.
A young girl; a lass.
n.
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
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