lobscouse
A dish made of potatoes, meat, and biscuits, boiled together.
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lobspound
Prison.
lobster
A nick name for a soldier, from the colour of his clothes. To boil one's lobster, for a churchman to become a soldier: lobsters, which are of a bluish black, being made red by boiling. I will not make a lobster kettle of my ****, a reply frequently made by the nymphs of the Point at Portsmouth, when requested by a soldier to grant him a favour.
lobster
A soldier. A policeman, from the colour of his coat, is styled an unboiled, or raw LOBSTER.
lobster-box
A barrack, or military station.
loced out
Crazy.
Loch Ness Monster
In April, 1933, a motorist driving along the shore of Loch Ness, Scot- land, saw at some distance from the land what seemed a strange object, subsequently des- cribed as being 30 ft. long, with two humps, a snake-like head at the end of a long neck, and two flippers about the middle of the body. It was "seen'* by others, and a brisk tourist trade began to centre around its movements.
lock
A scheme, a mode. I must fight that lock; I must try that scheme.
lock and dam
a structure that controls water flow
lock and key
Two things that fit perfectly together
lock and load
Prepare for action or a challenge
lock hospital
An hospital for venereal patients.
lock into
become fixed or focused on something
lock someone up and throw away the key
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
lock up house
A spunging house; a public house kept by sheriff's officers, to which they convey the persons they have arrested, where they practise every species of imposition and extortion with impunity. Also houses kept by agents or crimps, who enlist, or rather trepan, men to serve the East India or African company as soldiers.
locked and loaded
Completely prepared to take action
locked up
Confined or imprisoned
locker room
inhalants
locker room humor
crude or off-color jokes
lockeram-jawed
Thin-faced, or lanthorn-jawed. See LANTHORN JAWED.
Locksley Hall
Tennyson's poem of this name (1842) deals with an imaginary place and an imaginary hero.
locus in quo
The place in question, the spot mentioned.
locus poenitentiae
Place for repentance —that is, the licence of drawing back from a bargain, which can be done before any act has been committed to confirm it. In the interview between Esau and his father Isaac, St. Paul says that the former "found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears" (Heb. xii, 17)— i.e. no means whereby Isaac could break his bargain with Jacob.
locus sigilli
The place where the seal is to be set; usually abbreviated in documents to "L.S.
log off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Logan Stones
Rocking stones; large masses of stone so delicately poised by nature that they will rock to and fro at a touch. There are many logan stones in Cornwall, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Wales, and some well-known specimens in Scotland and Ireland; they were formerly used in connexion with Druidical rites.
loggerhead
A blockhead, or stupid fellow. We three loggerheads be: a sentence frequently written under two heads, and the reader by repeating it makes himself the third. A loggerhead is also a double-headed, or bar shot of iron. To go to loggerheads; to fall to fighting.
loggerheads
"to come to LOGGERHEADS," to come to blows.
logie
Theatrical jewellery, made mostly of tin.
loli
A childlike female character, particularly in the lolicon genre.
loll
Mother's loll; a favourite child, the mother's darling,
loll
To lie about lazily. "He would LOLL upon the handle of the door," said of an incorrigibly lazy fellow.
loll tongue
He has been playing a game at loll tongue; he has been salivated.
lollipops
Sweet lozenges purchased by children.
lolly
The head. See LOBB.—Pugilistic.
lombard fever
Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.
London Bridge
There was a bridge over the Thames in the 10th century. There was a new one of wood in 1014. The stone bridge (1176- 1209) was by Peter of Colechurch. The present London Bridge, constructed of granite, was begun in 1824, and finished in seven years. It was built some 50 yards west of the old bridge, which started from Fish Street Hill. It was designed by Sir John Rennie, and cost £1,458,000.
London News
He was famous in his day as the illustrator of Dr. Syntax, the Bon Gaultier Ballads, Baron Munchausen and other popular works.
London night life
The house, at the north- west corner of Covent Garden, was on the site later occupied by the National Sporting Club. In its heyday Evans's was a supper room with entertainment provided solely by male artists. Women were not admitted except on giving their names and addresses, and even then were forced to enjoy the privilege of watching from behind a screen.
London Stone
The ancient Roman stone now fixed for security in the wall of St. Swithin's church, facing Cannon Street station, and guarded by an iron grille.
lone gunman
A single person responsible for a crime or action
lone it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Lone Ranger
A solitary person who acts independently
long
Great. A long price; a great price.
long and short
completely or in every way
long arm
a person's or organization's influence or power that can reach far
long arm of the law
Law enforcement's power and influence can reach anyone, anywhere.
long as one's arm
Very long.
long betwixt the fingers
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
long drink
a tall, refreshing drink
long finger
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
long firm
A gang of swindlers who obtain goods by false pretences. They generally advertise or answer advertisements. The word LONG is supposed to be from a playful allusion made by one of the firm to the length of their credit.
Long Friday
Good Friday was so called by the Saxons, probably because of the long fasts and offices used on that day.
long fuse
Someone with a long fuse has a lot of patience and takes time to get angry.
long gallery
Throwing, or rather trundling, the dice the whole length of the board.
long green
Money, especially in large amounts
long hour
A period of time that feels longer than it actually is
long in coming
Taking a long time to happen or arrive
long in the tooth
Rather old.
long meg
A jeering name for a very tall woman: from one famous in story, called Long Meg of Westminster.
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