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Dragon of Wantley
(i.e. Warncliff, in Yorkshire). A monster slain by More,
of More Hall, who procured a suit of armour studded with spikes; and,
proceeding to the well where the dragon had his lair, kicked it in the
mouth, where alone it was vulnerable. Dr. Percy says this dragon was an
overgrown, rascally attorney, who cheated some children of their
estate, but was made to disgorge by a gentleman named More, who went
against him, “armed with the spikes of the law,” after which the dragon
attorney died of vexation. (Reliques.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Dragon of Wantley from Infoplease:
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