Slang to English letter L

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Lady-Cow
 Ladybird (Yorkshire)
Lally
 Leg (Polari)
'What a pair of Lallies on the Omi Polone!'
Lardy
 Fat (Everybody)
'That lardy-arsed boy down the road'
Laters
Goodbye (Street slang)
Latty
 Flat or bedsit (Polari)
Lav
 Lavatory (Everybody)
Lavvy
 Lavatory (Everybody)
Left-Hooker
 Left-handed person (Everybody)
Leg It
 To run away, especially from a crime or misdemeanour (Everybody)
'John went in the shop and nicked some sweets, but they saw him do it so we had to leg it'
Leg Over
 Sex; (Everybody)
Legit
 Legitimate; (Everybody)
Legless
 To be very drunk. (Everybody)
'We got completely legless last night - what a great night!'
Lill
 Hand (Polari)
Lilly Law
 Police (Polari)
Lily Paps
 The breasts or nipples (Don't know)
'Lovely Lils'
LOL
 Laugh out loud (Txt spk)
'Look at that geek, Lol'
Loo
 Washroom (Don't know)
'Jonny's gone to the loo for a moment. Can I help you with anything?'
Loser
 Person who is socially inept, inadequate; (Everybody)
Lost the Plot
 Lost focus, gone awry (Everybody)
'David Cameron has totally lost the plot on the economy.'
Lovely Jubbly
 Great; wonderful (London)
Lug
 Ear (Yorkshire)
'Use your lugs mate, I can't keep shouting at you'
Lump It
 Put up with something that is unpleasant. (Everybody)
'Don't like my cooking? Well you can like it or lump it!'
Lunch Box
 Male genitalia (Everybody)
Lupper
 Finger (Polari)
Lurgy
 Mild disease such a cold/cough, chest infection, stomach upset (Everybody)
'Don't go near him, he's got the dreaded lurgy'
Lush
 Lovely, beautiful, pretty (Wales)

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