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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lionise a Person

(To) is either to show him the lions, or chief objects of attraction; or to make a lion of him, by fêting him and making a fuss about him. To be lionised is to be so treated.

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