subs. (old).—1. A lubber; a lout; a fool.
1604. BRETON, Grimello’s Fortunes, p. 9 [ed. GROSART, 1879, v. 9]. This LOB-LOLLIE, with slauering lips, would be making loue.
1680. COTTON, Burlesque upon Burlesque: or, The Scoffer Scofft, in Wks. (1725), p. 209.
| Whilst he not dreaming of thy Folly, | |
| Lies gaping like a great LOB-LOLLY. |
2. (nautical).—Water-gruel; spoon-meat.
1621. BURTON, The Anatomy of Melancholy (ed. 1852), ii. 178. There is a difference (he grumbles) between LAPLOLLY and pheasants.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1703. WARD, The London Spy, Pt. xii. 289. Considering Coffee to be a liquor that sits most easie upon Wine, we thought it the best way to check the aspiring Fumes of the most Christian Juice by an Antichristian Dose of Mahometan LOBLOLLY.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). LOBLOLLY (S.) any uncouth, strange, irregular mixture of different things together to compose pottage or broth.
1767. GARRICK, A Peep behind the Curtain, i. 2. My ingenious countrymen have no taste now, for the high season’d comedies; and I am sure that I have none for the pap and LOPLOLLY of our present writers.
1787. GROSE, A Provincial Glossary, etc. LOBLOLLY, an odd mixture of spoon-meat.
