[f. LOLL v.1 + -ING1.] The action of LOLL v.1 a. Resting at one’s ease, lounging. b. Thrusting out (the tongue).

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c. 1550.  Image Ipocr., IV. in Skelton’s Wks. (1843), II. 446. With bowsinge and bollinge, With lillinge and lollinge.

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1699.  E. Ward, Lond. Spy, VII. (1702), 3. His Graceful Lolling in his Chariot.

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1770.  Burke, Corr. (1844), I. 222. What if you gave up a few minutes of your lolling.

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1872.  Darwin, Emotions, xi. 26. How it is that lolling out the tongue universally serves as a sign of contempt and hatred.

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  attrib.  1853.  Ecclesiologist, XIV. 114. Two huge pews for the notabilities, and within these lolling-boxes are the fireplaces which warm the church.

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