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Lal·lan

   [lal-uhn]
adjective Scot.
belonging to the Lowlands of Scotland.
Origin:
1775–85; variant of lowland

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Lal·lans

   [lal-uhnz]
plural noun
1.
the Lowlands of Scotland.
2.
the inhabitants of the Scottish Lowlands.
3.
(used with a singular verb) the literary form of the English dialect of the Scottish Lowlands, representing a mixture of the several spoken subdialects.
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Lallans or Lallan (ˈlælənz, ˈlælən)
 
—n
1.  a literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland
2.  (modifier) of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland or their dialects
 
[Scottish variant of Lowlands]
 
Lallan or Lallan
 
—n
 
[Scottish variant of Lowlands]

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