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单词 lil
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lillilln.

/lɪl/
Etymology: Romani.
a. As a gipsy word: A book.
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1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xvii. 219 Then the more shame for you—a snake-fellow—a horse-witch—and a lil-reader—yet you can't shift for yourself.
1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. ix. 117 Lor', brother! how learned in lils you are!
b. slang. (See quots.); also ‘a five-pound note’ (Farmer).
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1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 187 Lill, a pocket-book.
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum (Farmer) Lil, a pocket-book. Lill, a bad bill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

liladj.

/lɪl/
Forms: also li'l.
Etymology: Representing a colloquial pronunciation of little adj.
colloquial.
= little adj. I.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective]
smallOE
littleOE
litec1275
a little wightc1275
petitc1390
weea1525
pusill1599
slender1610
lile1633
scantling1652
piccaninny1707
pinkie1718
insignificant1748
baby1750
leetle1755
tiddy1781
bit1786
inconsiderable1796
itty1798
peerie1808
tittya1825
titty-tottya1825
ickle1846
tiddly1868
peewee1877
lil1881
shirttail1881
inextensive1890
puny1898
liddle1906
pint-sized1921
pint-size1925
peedie1929
tenas1935
itsy-bitsy1938
itty-bitty1940
titchy1950
scrappy1985
1881 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus (1884) lx. 258 One ole Bear..hab one, two lilly Bear... Lil boy Bear, 'e des lahff'..Lil gal Bear, 'e look skeer.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 200 Nice lil thing, too.
1912 C. E. Mulford in Pearson's Mag. May 627/1 Purty, all right. Brown hair an' I reckon brown eyes. Nice li'l girl.
1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival v. 54 Would you like him to give you a lil girl like me?
1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. iii. 516 Good ole Mick!.. Plucky lil bastard!
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxix. 391 We'll go out and see your Mom. Take her a lil present, maybe.
1967 K. Allsop Hard Travellin' xxiii. 274 I can fiddle a li'l bit.
1967 G. Perry & A. Aldridge Penguin Bk. Comics iii. 99 Much of Li'l Abner has been absorbed into American folk-lore.
1969 ‘I. Drummond’ Man with Tiny Head 7 Where's girl? Where's lil girl?
1975 M. Kenyon Mr Big xviii. 165 Phoebe said, ‘That's a helluva greeting for a li'l ladykin.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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