"lil" meaning in English

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        "Alternative form of li'l"
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          "li'l#English"
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      "ipa": "/lɪl/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
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      "homophone": "Lil"
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    {
      "form": "lils",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1851, George Borrow, Lavengro: The Scholar-The Gypsy-The Priest",
          "text": "[H]e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could write lils, every word should be about myself and my own tacho Rommanis — my own lawful wedded wife, which is the same thing.",
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        "A book."
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          "book",
          "book"
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        "(gypsy slang, obsolete) A book."
      ],
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        "Alternative form of li'l"
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          "li'l",
          "li'l#English"
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      "ipa": "/lɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
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      "homophone": "Lil"
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          "ref": "1851, George Borrow, Lavengro: The Scholar-The Gypsy-The Priest",
          "text": "[H]e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could write lils, every word should be about myself and my own tacho Rommanis — my own lawful wedded wife, which is the same thing.",
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        "A book."
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        "(gypsy slang, obsolete) A book."
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    },
    {
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