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Lamminin, Lamkin, Linkin

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or Bold Rakin. A Scottish ogre, represented in the ballad as a bloodthirsty mason; the terror of the Scotch nursery.

 

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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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Lame Vicegerent (in Hudibras)
Lamerock (Sir)
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Lammas
Lammas Day (August 1st)
Lammas-tide
Lammer Beads
Lammermoor
Lamming (A)
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Lamp of Heaven (The)
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