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Livery-men

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The freemen of the ninety-one guilds of London are so called, because they are entitled to wear the livery of their respective companies.

 

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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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Little Gentleman in Velvet (The)
Little Packs become a Little Pediar
Liturgy
Live
Liver-vein (The)
Livered
Liverpool
Liverpudlian
Livery
Livery-men
Livy of France (The)
Livy of Portugal (The)
Liza
Lizard (The)
Lizard Islands
Lizard Point (Cornwall)
Lloyd’s
Lloyd’s Books
Lloyd’s List
Lloyd’s Register

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