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1. † lill for loll, phr. View full entry c1425
...to give, etc. lill for loll: to retaliate....
2. non est inventus, phr. and n. View full entry c1475
...‘The person is not to be found’: a phrase used by a sheriff in returning a writ, as a statement that the defendant is not to be found in the sheriff's jurisdiction....
3. rim ram ruff, phr. and n. View full entry c1405
...Used by Chaucer to evoke the effect of medieval alliterative verse. Cf. raffObs.rare....
4. ˈthank you, phr. and n. View full entry 14..
...A phrase used in courteous acknowledgement of a favour or service. thank you for nothing: see thank3f. So, rarely, thank thee Cf. thankee...
