Definition of "lil"

[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.

1851, George Borrow, Lavengro: The Scholar-The Gypsy-The Priest