LANG-LAST—Owt ’at’s lang i’ comen, siam as t’ last o’ these riapen tials Ah’s tellen. At t’ lang-last he gev ower an’ shot up.
LANG-LENGTH, LANG-STRECK—Full length, but not necessarily a “long” one, for it is recorded of one whose diminutive proportions allowed him in his own words to fo’ o’ his lang length ower a coo clap.
LANG-SNOOTS—A mack o’ apples.
LEDDUR-BACKS—An’ seea ’s these.
LAMMAS—Off in a hurry. Thoo mun lammas off efter him as hard as thoo can leddur.
LANGSETTLE—A wooden seat generally provided with a good thick cushion, and forming one of the standard items of furniture in the kitchen of a farm house. Famish things is a langsettle when yan’s tired oot.
LASHINS—A plentiful allowance. We’d lashins o’ rum an’ milk, an’ bacon, an’ eggs, an’ yal.
LATE, LATEN, LATED—Seek, seeking, sought. Late us mi shun, will ta? What ar ye laten? Ah’s laten t’ cuddy fer sewer, t’ auld beggar. Tudder chap thowt Tom was daft acos he was laten t’ cuddy an’ liuken at t’ rooad siam as if he thowt a cuddy cud field in a car-track, but Tom was laten fiut marks, to see whilk way it hed gian. Ah’ve lated hee an’ low fer that nooat. Fooak ’at’s allus laten er varra oft fooak ’at’s liat.
LAZY-BAND—When a cross cut saw hez ta gah through a varra thick tree, a riap’s fassened ta t’ hannles, an’ three or fower men git hauld an’ poo, an’ that’s co’ed a lazy-band, but mind ye it izzant acos they’re idle—net it marry.
LALDER, LALDEREN—Doe den it noo, but cush barn, Ah’ll tell ye what this is neea laughen matter ’at is ’t nut, lalderen aboot, clashen in an’ oot first e yah body’s hoose an’ than in anudder Ah reckon nowt on ’t ’at deea Ah nut.