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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Leonine Contract

A one-sided agreement; so called in allusion to the fable of The Lion and his Fellow Hunters, (See Glaucus.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Leonine Verses
Leonidas of Modern Greece
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