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Lindabʹridēs

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A heroine in The Mirror of Knighthood, whose name at one time was a synonym for a kept mistress, in which sense it was used by Scott, Kenilworth and Woodstock.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Limner
Limp
Lina
Lincoln
Lincoln College (Oxford)
Lincoln Green
Lincoln’s Inn
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Lincolnshire Bagpipes
Lindabridēs
Linden Tree (A)
Lindor
Line
Line (The)
Line a Day (A)
Line of Battle
Line of Beauty
Line of Communication, or rather Lines of Communication
Line of Demarcation
Line of Direction