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Lochiel (2 syl.)

of Thomas Campbell is Sir Evan Cameron, lord of Lochiel, surnamed The Black, and The Ulysses of the Highlands. His grandson Donald was called The Gentle Lochiel. Lochiel is the title of the head of the clan Cameron.

“And Cameron, in the shock of steel,

Die like the offspring of Lochiel.”


Sir W. Scott: The Field of Waterloo.

 

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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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Loafers
Loathly Lady
Loaves and Fishes
Lob
Lob’s Pound
Lobby
Loblolly
Loblolly Boy (A.)
Lobster Sauce
Lobsters
Lochiel
Lochinvar
Lock, Stock, and Barrel
Lock the Stable Door
Lockhart
Lockit
Lockitt’s
Lockman
Locksley
Locksley Hall
Locksmith’s Daughter

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Lochiel