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EL D, n. [fr. proprietory name El Dorado ] also Eldo, L.D., eldee. See 1985 quot.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 23:
El D A familiar name for Eldorado, a proprietory brand of fortified wine. Also L. D. Gsw. 1985 James Kelman A Chancer 128:
Clatty Mattie! Rab gaped at him. Then he laughed: Hey, we should've brought her with us. Go down a bomb in here man — a couple of glass of eldee inside her and she'd be up on top of the bent shot's bar doing tricks with a guiness bottle.Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29:
2 boatles a L.D.
A boatle a Lanny.
A dizzen cans a heavy.
Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light.
A hauf boatle a voddy.
A wee boatle a pep.Edb. 2000:
Aw the winos drank Eldo in my youth.