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laldy, n. Sc. colloq.|ˈlældɪ|
Also laldie.
[Of uncertain origin: prob. imitative, but perhaps ult. f. OE. læl whip, weal, bruise.]
A beating, a thrashing; punishment. Freq. in phr. to gie (or give) (someone) laldy and to get laldy. Now chiefly fig., esp. in phr. to gie (or give) it laldy, to do something with the utmost vigour or enthusiasm. Cf. stick n.1 4 c.
1889H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie 226 If it had come to the maister's ears I'm thinking ye would have got laldie. 1912G. Cunningham Verse 118 Ye'll get laldie owre the bum. 1935W. D. Cocker Further Poems 28 He focht alane for Israel against the Philistine, An' fairly gied them laldie wi' the jaw-bane o' a cuddie. 1974Sunday Post (Glasgow) 28 Apr. 8/3 Some bairns were giving it laldy with ball and stick. 1981A. Gray Lanark xxxvi. 416 ‘Give him laldy, Gow!’ yelled a voice behind the pillar. 1986W. Kay Scots (1988) 58 The author of The Complaynt of Scotland..is nowhere more articulate than when he is giein the English laldy. 1992I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 38 Jamesie: Brilliant this isn't it boys! American fitba! Andra: Yi can get right mowed in and give it laldy. |