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Launce

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The clownish serving-man of Proteus, famous for his soliloquies to his dog Crab. (Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona.)

 

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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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Latinus
Latitudinarians
Latona
Latria and Dulia
Lattice or Chequers
Laugh in One’s Sleeve (To)
Laugh on the Other Side of Your Mouth
Laughing Philosopher
Laughing-stock
Laughter
Launce
Launcelet
Launched into Eternity
Launfal (Sir)
Laura
Lauras. (Greek, laura.)
Laureate
Laurel
Laurence (Friar)
Lavaine
Lavalette (Marquis de)