TOL-LOL also TOLL-LOLL ADJ. 1. tolerable, bearable, pretty good, pretty well, passable; in fairly good health ...1797 sl. 2. overbearing ...1849 Aust. sl. 3. intoxicated ...Bk1897 Eng. dial. sl. 4. foppish ...1902 Aust. & US sl. ETYMOLOGY from the first syllable of tolerable (adj.), with rhyming extension FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1797 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...for my part, I think there's reason in roasting of eggs; and the butler ses too, as out lady did nothen' in the world but stare at you all supper-time; and he ses you looked very toll-loll; and so, I dare say, you did; but I beg of all love you wont think of calling me Betty..." From: The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors - Agnes Maria Bennett
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