"la-li-loong" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese Pidgin English]

Etymology: From Macau Pidgin Portuguese, from Portuguese ladrão, from Latin latrō. Etymology templates: {{bor|cpi|crp-mpp|-}} Macau Pidgin Portuguese, {{der|cpi|pt|ladrão}} Portuguese ladrão, {{der|cpi|la|latrō}} Latin latrō Head templates: {{head|cpi|noun}} la-li-loong
  1. thief
    Sense id: en-la-li-loong-cpi-noun-jdKa3ZmS
  2. a contemptible person
    Sense id: en-la-li-loong-cpi-noun-5KhObIZU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: la-li-lung, lally loong, lally-lung, laliloon

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          "ref": "1889 November, Thomas W. Knox, “The Talking Handkerchief”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXIX, number CCCCLXXIV (in English), New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, page 941",
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          "ref": "[1911, Jay Denby, Letters From China, and Some Eastern Sketches (in English), London: Murray & Evenden, Ltd., page 189",
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