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LANNY, n. Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine.Gsw. 1983 James Kelman Not not while the giro 30:
Didny win much bit enough tae git us a hauf boattle a Lanny.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 42:
Lanny Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine.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. Gsw. 1992 Jeff Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! (1993) 16:
Kerouacs by the dozen could be found lipping the Lanny on Glesca Green.Sc. 1994 Pete Fortune in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 155:
A thocht they'd been skelpin inti the Lanny, but wee Eric says he thocht they must hae been sniffin thon glue, ...Sc. 1996 Herald 6 Jul 16:
Wine in Scotland was the "The Lannie". The Lannie is a sort of British sherry that people drank, it was very cheap and it was the sort of alcoholic beverage that was consumed by derelicts.Sc. 2002 Scotsman 29 Jan 12:
Burns probably was, Paddy assures us, a member of the Dumfries branch of the AA. No, not the group called out for breakdowns on the M74, rather those who help Lannie lovers recover.