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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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LL.D
L.L.
L.S
L. S. D
La-de-da
La Garde Meurt ne se Rend pas
La Joyeuse
La Muette de Portici
La Roche
Labadists
Labarum
Labe
Labour of Love
Labourer is Worthy of his Hire
Labourers
Labyrinth
Lac of Rupees
Lace
Laced
Lacedaemonian Letter
Lacedaemonians
Lachesis
Lackadaisical
Laconic
Lacustrine Deposits
Lacustrine Habitations
Lad o' Wax
Ladas
Ladies
Ladon
Ladrones
Lady
Ladybird, Ladyfly, Ladycow
Lady Bountiful
Lady Chapel
Lady Day
Lady Isabella
Lady Magistrate
Lady Margaret Professor
Lady in the Sacque
Lady of England
Lady of Mercy
Lady of Shallott'
Lady of the Bleeding Heart
Lady of the Broom
Lady of the Haystack
Lady of the Lake
Lady of the Rock
Ladies' Mile
Ladies' Plate
Ladies' Smocks
Ladies and Gentlemen
Læding
Lælaps
Laertes
Lætare Sunday
Lagado
Lager Beer
Laird
Lagoon
Laïs
Laissez Faire, Laissez Passer
Lake School
Lakedion
Lakin
Laksmi
Lalla Rookh
Lama
Lamaism
Lamb
Lamb-pie
Lamb's Conduit Street
Lamb's Wool
Lambro
Lame Duck
Lame King
Lame Vicegerent
Lamerock
Lamia
Lammas
Lammas Day
Lammas-tide
Lammor Beads
Lammermoor
Lamming
Lamminin, Lamkin, Linkin
Lamourette's Kiss
Lamp
Lamp of Heaven
Lamp of Phoebus
Lamp of the Law
Lamps
Lampadion
Lampoon
Lampos and Phaeton
Lancashire Lads
Lancaster
Lancaster Gun
Lancasterian
Lancastrian
Lance
Lance-Corporal
Lance-Knight
Lance of the Ladies
Lancelot
Lancelot du Lac
Lancers
Land
Land-damn
Land-loupers
Land-lubber
Land of Beulah
Land of Bondage
Land of Cakes
Land of Myrrh
Land of Nod
Land of Promise
Land of Shadows
Land of Stars and Stripes
Land o'the Leal
Landau'
Landeyda
Landiere
Landscape
Lane
Lanfusa's Son
Lang Syne
Langbourn Ward
Langstaff
Language
Langue d'Oc
Langue d'Oil
Languish
Lantern
Lantern Jaws
Lantern-Land
Lanterns
Lanternise
Laocoon
Laodami'a
Laodicean
Lapet
Lapithæ
Lapping Water
Laprel
Lapsus Linguæ
Laputa
Lapwing
Lar Familiaris
Lara
Larboard
Larceny
Larder
Lares
Large
Larigot
Lark
Larks
Larry Dugan's Eye-water
Lars
Larvae
Lascar
Last
Last Man
Last Words
Last of the Fathers
Last of the Goths
Last of the Greeks
Last of the Knights
Last of the Mohicans
Last of the Romans
Last of the Tribunes
Last of the Troubadours
Lat
Lateran
Lath
Lather
Latin
Latin Learning
Latinus
Latitudinarians
Latona
Latri'a
Lattice
Laugh in One's Sleeve
Laugh on the Other Side of Your Mouth
Laughing Philosopher
Laughing-stock
Laughter
Launce
Launcelet
Launched into Eternity
Launfal
Laura
Lauras
Laureate
Laurel
Laurence
Lavaine'
Lavalette
Lavender
Lavinia
Lavinia and Palemon
Lavolt
Law
Law Latin
Law's Bubble
Laws of the Medes and Persians
Lawing
Lawsuits
Lawn
Lawn-market
Lawrence
Lawyer's Bags
Lay Brothers
Lay Figures
Lay Out
Lay about One
Lay by the Heels
Lay of the Last Minstrel
Lay to One's Charge
Layamon
Layers-over for Meddlers
Lazar House
Lazarists
Lazarillo de Tormes
Lazarone
Lazarus
Lazy
Lazy Lawrence of Lubberland
Lazy Lobkin
Lazy Man's Load
Lazyland
Lazzaroni
L'Etat c'est Moi
Le Roi le Veut
Le'a
Leaba na Feine
Leach, Leachcraft
Lead
Leaden Hail
Leaden Hall
Leader
Leading Case
Leading Note
Leading Question
Leading Strings
Leaf
League
Leak Out
Leal
Leander
Leaning Tower
Leap Year
Leap in the Dark
Lear
Learn
Learn by Heart
Learned
Least Said the soonest Mended
Leather
Leather or Prunella
Leathering
Leatherstocking
Leave in the Lurch
Leave out in the Cold
Leave some for Manners
Leaves without Figs
Led Captain
Leda and the Swan
Ledger
Ledger-lines
Lee
Lee Hatch
Lee Shore
Lee-side
Lee Tide
Leeds
Leek
Lees
Leet
Leeward
Lefevre
Left
Left-handed Compliment
Left-handed Marriage
Left-handed Oath
Left in the Lurch
Leg
Leg-bail
Leg-bye
Leg of Mutton School
Legs
Legal Tender
Legem Pone
Legend
Legend of a Coin
Legenda Aurea
Leger
Leger-de-Main
Legion
Legion of Honour
Legislator
Leglin-girth
Legree
Leibnitz-ism
Leicester
Leicester Square
Leigh
Leilah
Lely
Leman
Lemnian Deed
Lemnian Earth
Lemnian Women
Lemnos
Lemon Soles
Lemster Ore
Lemures
Lend a Hand
Length
Length-month
Lens
Lenson
Lent
Lent Lily
Lenten
Leodogrance
Leon
Leonard
Leonidas of Modern Greece
Leonine Contract
Leonine Verses
Leonnoys, Leonnesse
Leonora
Leontes
Leopard
Leopards
Lepracaun
Lerna
Les Anguilles de Melun
Lesbian Poets
Lesbian Rule
Lese Majesty
Lessian Diet
Lestrigons
Let
Let Drive
Let us Eat and Drink: for tomorrow we shall Die
Leth'e
Lethean Dew
Letter-Gae
Letter-lock
Letter of Credit
Letter of Licence
Letter of Marque
Letter of Orders
Letter of Pythagoras
Letter of Safe Conduct
Letter of Uriah
Letters
Letters expletive, and marks on letters.
Letters Missive
Letters Overt
Letters Patent
Letters at the Foot of a Page
Letters of Administration
Letters of Bellerophon
Letters of Horning
Letters of Junius
Letters of the Sepulchre
Lettre de Cachet
Lettre de Jerusalem
Leucadia
Leucippus
Leucothea
Leuh
Levant and Couchant
Levant and Ponent Winds
Levant'
Levee
Level Best
Level Down
Level Up
Levellers
Lever de Rideau
Leveret
Leviathan
Levites
Levitical
Lewd
Lewis
Lewis Baboon
Lewkner's Lane
Lex non Scripta
Lex Talionis
Leyden Jar
Leze Majesty
Li-Flambe
Lia-fail
Liakura
Liar
Libel
Liber Albus
Liber Niger
Liberal Arts
Liberal Unionists
Liberals
Liberator
Liberia
Libertines
Liberty
Libitina
Libra
Library
Libya
Licentiate
Lich
Lichten
Lick
Lick into Shape
Lick the Dust
Licks the Butter
Lickspittle
Lictors
Lid
Lidskialfa
Lie
Lie Low
Lie Over
Lie-to
Lie Up
Lie at the Catch
Lie in State
Lie on Hand
Lie to One's Work
Lie with One's Fathers
Liebenstein and Sternfels
Liege
Lien
Liesse
Lieutenant
Life
Life-boat
Life-buoy
Life-Guards
Life Policy
Life Preserver
Lift
Lift not up your Horn on High
Lift up the Heel against Me
Lift up the Voice
Lifted up
Lifter
Lifting
Ligan
Light
Light Comedian
Light Horsemen
Light Troops
Light-armed Artillery
Light as a Feather
Light-fingered Gentry
Light Gains make a heavy Purse
Light of One's Countenance
Light of the Age
Light of the Harem
Lighthouse
Lightning
Lightning Conductor
Lightning Preservers
Lightning Proof
Lightning Rod
Liguorians
Ligurian Arts
Ligurian Republic
Ligurian Sage
Lilburn Shawl
Lilburne
Lilinau
Lilis
Lilli-Burlero
Lilliput
Lily
Lily of the Valley
Lily Maid of Astolat
Lim Hay
Limb
Limb of the Law
Limberham
Limbo
Limbus
Limbus Fatuorum
Limbus Patrum
Limbus Puerorum
Limbus of the Moon
Lime Street
Limited Liability
Limner
Limp
Lina
Lincoln
Lincoln College
Lincoln Green
Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincolnshire Bagpipes
Lindabrides
Linden Tree
Lindor
Line
Line a Day
Line of Battle
Line of Beauty
Line of Communication
Line of Demarcation
Line of Direction
Line of Life
Line of March
Line of Operation
Line upon Line
Lines
Linen Goods
Lingo
Lingua Franca
Lining of the Pocket
Linnæan; System
Linne
Linsey-woolsy Million (The).
Linspe
Lion
Lion-hunter
Lion-killer
Lion Sermon
Lion-sick
Lion Tamer
Lion and Unicorn
Lion and the True Prince
Lion of God
Lion of St. Mark
Lion of the Reformation
Lion of the Zodiac
Lion's Claws
Lion's Head
Lion's Mouth
Lion's Provider
Lion's Share
Lions
Lionise a Person
Liosalfar
Lip
Lip Homage
Lip Service
Lips
Liquor up
Lir
Liris
Lisbo'a
Lisbon
Lismahago
Lisuarte of Greece
Lit de Justice
Little
Little Britain
Little Corporal
Little Dauphin
Little Ease
Little-Endians
Little Englanders
Little-Go
Little Jack Horner
Little John
Little Masters
Little Nell
Little Ones
Little Paris
Little Pedlington
Little Red Ridinghood
Little Gentleman in Velvet
Little Packs become a Little Pedlar
Liturgy
Live
Liver-vein
Livered
Liverpool
Liverpudlian
Livery
Livery-men
Livy of France
Livy of Portugal
Liza
Lizard
Lizard Islands
Lizard Point
Lloyd's
Lloyd's Books
Lloyd's List
Lloyd's Register
Lloyd's Rooms
Loaf
Loaf held in the Hand
Loafers
Loathly Lady
Loaves and Fishes
Lob
Lob's Pound
Lobby
Loblolly
Loblolly Boy
Lobster Sauce
Lobsters
Lochiel
Lochinvar
Lock, Stock, and Barrel
Lock the Stable Door
Lockhart
Lockit
Lockitt's
Lockman
Locksley
Locksley Hall
Locksmith's Daughter
Loco Parentis
Locofocos
Locomotive
Locomotive Power
Locrin
Locum Tenens
Locus Delicti
Locus in quo
Locus Poenitentiæ
Locus Sigilli
Locus Standi
Locust Bird
Locusts
Locusta
Lode
Lodestar
Lodestone
Lodona
Loegria
Log
Log-board
Log-book
Log-line
Log-roller
Log-rolling
Log-rolling Criticism
Logan
Loggerheads
Logget
Logistilla
Logres
Logria
Logris, Locris
Loins
Loki
Loki's Three Children
Lokman
Lollards
Lollop
Lollypops
Lombard
Lombard Fever
Lombard Street to a China Orange
Lombardic
London
London Bridge built on Woolpacks
London Stone
Long Chalk
Long Dozen
Long-headed
Long Home
Long Lane
Long Meg of Westminster
Long Odds
Long Parliament
Long Peter
Long Run
Long-Sword
Long Tail
Long-tailed
Long Tom Coffin
Long Words
Longboat
Longbow
Longchamps
Longcrown
Longevity
Longius
Longo Intervallo
Looby
Look Alive
Look Black
Look Blue
Look Daggers
Look as Big as Bull Beef
Look Before You Leap
Look for a Needle in a Bottle of Hay
Look not a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Look One Way and Row Another
Look through Blue Glasses or Coloured Spectacles
Lookers-on
Looking Back
Looking-glass
Loom
Loony
Loophole
Loose
Loose-coat Field
Loose Fish
Loose-girt Boy
Loose-strife
Lorbrulgrud
Lord
Lord Burleigh
Lord Fanny
Lord Foppington
Lord, Lady
Lord Lovel
Lord Mayor's Day
Lord Peter
Lord Strutt
Lord Thomas
Lord of Creation. Man
Lord of Misrule
Lord of the Isles
Loredano
Lorenzo
Loretto
Lorrequer
Lose
Lose Caste
Lose Heart
Lose not a Tide
Lose the Day
Lose the Horse or win the Saddle
Losing a Ship for a Haporth o' Tar
Loss
Lost Island
Lothair
Lothario
Lothian
Lotus
Lotus-eaters
Loud Patterns
Loud as Tom of Lincoln
Louis
Louis Dix-huit
Louisiana
Loup
Louvre
Louvre of St. Petersburg
Love
Love-lock
Love-powders
Love and Lordship
Love in a Cottage
Love-in-Idleness
Love me, Love my Dog
Love's Girdle
Love's Labour's Lost
Lovel, the Dog
Lovelace
Lover's Leap
Loving
Loving Cup
Low-bell
Low Church
Low Comedian
Low Mass
Low Sunday
Low to High
Lower City
Lower Empire
Lower your Sail
Lowlanders of Attiea
Lowndean Professor
Loy
Loyal
Loys
Luath
Lubber
Lubber's Hole
Lubberkin
Lubins
Lucasian Professor
Lucasta
Luce
Lucia Di Lammermoor
Lucian
Lucifer
Lucifers
Lucifera
Luciferians
Lucinian
Lucius
Luck
Lucky
Lucky Stone
Lucrezia di Borgia
Lucullus sups with Lucullus
Lucus a non Lucendo
Lucy
Lucy and Colin
Lud
Lud's Bulwark
Luds Town
Ludgate
Luddites
Ludlum
Luez
Luff
Lufra
Luggie
Luggnagg
Luke
Luke's Iron Crown
Lullian Method
Lumber
Lumine Sicco
Lump
Lumpkin
Lun
Luna
Lunar Month
Lunar Year
Lunatics
Luncheon
Lungs of London
Lunsford
Lupercal
Lupine
Lupus et Agnus
Lupus in Fabula
Lurch
Lush
Luslad
Lusitania
Lusitanian Prince
Lustral Water
Lustrum
Lusus
Lusus Naturse
Lutestring
Lutetia
Luther's Hymn
Lutherans
Lutin
Luxembergers
Luz
Lybius
Lycaonian Tables
Lycidas
Lycisca
Lyoopodium
Lydford Law
Lydia
Lydia Languish
Lydian Poet
Lying Traveller
Lying by the Wall
Lying for the Whetstone
Lyme-hound
Lynceus
Lynch Law
Lynch-pin
Lynchnobians
Lynx
Lynx-eyed
Lyon King-of-Arms
Lyonnesse
Lyre
Lysander and Rosicrucius
Lyttelton
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