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lallygag, v. U.S. slang.|ˈlælɪgæg|
Also lollygag.
[Origin unknown.]
intr. To fool around; to ‘neck’; to dawdle, to dally. Also as n., fooling around. Hence ˈlallygagging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1862Harper's Mag. Aug. 324/1 Mr. Biggs paused and turned the flesh of the succulent lobster over with his finger. The gentleman inside addressed him: ‘..Try er lobstaw, bossy?’ ‘Ain't got no money,’ said Mr. Biggs, still fingering the morsels. ‘Oh, come now, none o' that ere lallygag,’ responded the gentleman. 1868Northern Vindicator (Estherville, Iowa) 30 Dec., The lascivious lolly-gagging lumps of licentiousness who disgrace the common decencies of life by their love-sick fawnings at our public dances. 1869Tidal Wave (Silver City, Idaho) 15 Jan. 3/2 They are too pious to encourage dicing, and the feature of their entertainments may be what the boys call ‘lally-gagging’. 1870Northern Vindicator (Estherville, Iowa) 19 Feb., The weather once more is ‘salubrious’ and balmy, and indicates that winter will not lollygag in the lap of spring. 1880E. L. Wheeler Boss Bob, King of Bootblacks vii. 9/1, I kin get lots o' jobs, if I'd take my pay in friendship an' all sech lollygag. 1910Sat. Even. Post 30 July 19/1 Frank lally-gagged through his first term and came back for the second. 1927D. Runyon Trials & Other Tribulations (1947) 112 When your correspondent was a ‘necker’ of no mean standing back in the dim and misty past, they called it ‘lally-gagging’. 1949Jrnl. Amer. Folk-Lore Jan.—Mar. 63 ‘Lally-gaggin’ was Grandmother's word for love-making. 1965‘E. Queen’ Fourth Side of Triangle i. 2 Lallygagging around under the awning away from the gassy streets. 1969S. Greenlee Spook who sat by Door xi. 95 We lolly-gag, maybe turn on, or cook up some soul food. 1971D. Bagley Freedom Trap iii. 20, I said there was to be no lally-gagging around with the staff, Rearden; you just stick to doing your job. 1973Springfield (Mass.) Union 25 Sept. 14/1 The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which lollygagged most of the day, gained strongly in afternoon trading. |