Definition of "laylock" [laylock]

• A provincial corruption of lilac. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And as this thought struck him, he pulled out two more, picked up the ones he had set to one side, slammed to the drawer, by this time realizing that Grandma could not hear, and ran out of the bedroom to the "laylock" bushes, where he sat down to enjoy the peppermint drops."
• "The verandah was empty, and he strode along it and past the laylock-bush where -- scarce ten minutes before -- Dr. Clatworthy had received such a desperate shock."
• "They walked in pairs, to be sure: and the hum of their voices reached to the laylock-bush as they bent and discussed the flowers in Aunt Barbree's border."