Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Lord Lovell n.

a shovel.

1857		‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1880		D.W. Barrett Life and Work among Navvies 42: A shovel is dignified by the name of ‘Lord Lovel’.
1938		L. Ortzen Down Donkey Row 222: You use yer Lord Lovell on the sand by the tail-board.
1944		Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog.
1976		(ref. to 1940s) R. Barnes Coronation Cups and Jam Jars 162: Here, look at the Jeremiah. Gi’us that Lord Lovell, and I’ll put some more coke on.
1981		P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 103: Lord Lovel ‘shovel’.