Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) a dish.

2002

Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Lillian Gish: a dish.

2. a fish.

a.1945		L. Payne private coll. n.p.: Fish Lilian Gish.
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog 13: ’E wraps the Lilian Gish in some linen draper an orf I scapa flow.
1979		R. Barker Fletcher’s Book of Rhy. Sl. 21: I took her for some Lillian Gish / Down at the chippy caff.
1983		R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 35: Lillian Gish Fish.
2001		M. Coles Bible in Cockney 21: You’ll be in charge of all the animals, the Richards and the Lilian Gish. [Ibid.] 88: They also had some small Lilian.