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laggin :
lumber used for support in coal holes. Usage
has carried over to any type of board used as a support or prop.
I need a couple'a laggin's to prop this up.
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lasjeer :
last year.
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laundrymat :
laundromat.
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lectric :
electric.
"Gotta go pay the lectric bill"
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left :
1) allowed, permitted. See ain't
left . 2) past tense of let. See yooj.
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left-handers :
non-Catholics.
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lie-berry :
library.
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lightening bugs :
fireflys.
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Lit-a-wayne-yun :
Lithuanian nationality.
"Are
pierogies a Polish or Lit-a-wayne-yun food?"
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lokie :
a steam saddle tank engine that ran on narrow gauge railroad tracks
and hauled about 30 mine cars of coal from colliery to breaker.
Short for "locomotive".
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The Lokie :
the steam train at the Pioneer Tunnel,
Ashland's only tourist attraction -- other than Our Lads, that is.
"Let's
go up da Lokie."In the coal mining days, a lokie was a small locomotive
used to haul miners, tools, and coal in and out of the mines.
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long johns :
1) long underwear 2) rectangular shaped
creme or jelly filled doughuts, usually topped with coconut.
Note from
a viewer: Hometown, PA is the home of JE Morgans, the largest producer
of long johns (long underwear) in the world.
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loogie :
a wad of phlegm. Also known as a "hawker", "lunger", or "lungie".
See hawk a loogie.
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looka, lookit :
look, look here, or see here.
"Lookit, if I wanted yer opinion, I'da ast'ja
fer it!"
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Loscrik :
the proper pronunciation of "Lost Creek", the village west of Lower Shaft.
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lot-ree, lot-tree :
lottery. Immensely popular in the Coal Region long before most other states discovered it.
"I gotta go up town ta play da lotree"
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lurnt :
past tense of learn.
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