1894 Brewer’s / L / Liverpool
Said to be the “liverpool.” The liver is a mythic bird, somewhat like the heron. The arms of the city contain two livers.
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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.