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Patience cry the Lepers

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A punning proverbial phrase. Lepers seek diligently the herb patience (lapathum) relieve them from their suffering.

 

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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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Patavinity
Patch
Patch (To)
Patelin
Patelinage
Patent Rolls
Pater Noster
Pater Patrum
Paternoster Row (London)
Pathfinder
Patience cry the Lepers
Patient (The)
Patient Grisel
Patin
Patina
Patmos (My)
Patois
Patri-Passians
Patrician
Patrick
Patrick’s Cave (St.)