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Longcrown

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A deep fellow, longheaded.

That caps Longcrown, and he capped the devil. That is a greater falsehood than the “father of lies” would tell.

 

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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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Long Peter
Long Run
Long-Sword (Longue épée)
Long Tail
Long-tailed
Long Tom Coffin
Long Words
Longboat
Longbow
Longchamps
Longcrown
Longevity
Longius
Longo Intervallo
Looby
Look Alive
Look Black (To)
Look Blue (To)
Look Daggers (To)
Look as Big as Bull Beef (To)
Look before You Leap