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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Limberham

A tame, foolish keeper. The character is in Dryden's comedy of Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, and is supposed to satirise the Duke of Lauderdale.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Limb of the Law
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