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Lord Mayor’s Day

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November 9th. So called because the Lord Mayor of London enters into office on that day, and inaugurates his official dignity with a street procession, followed by a grand banquet at the Mansion House.

 

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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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Lorbrulgrud
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Lord
Lord Burleigh
Lord Fanny
Lord Foppington
Lord, Lady
Lord Lovel
Lord Mayor’s Day
Lord Peter
Lord Strutt
Lord Thomas
Lord of Creation
Lord of Misrule
Lord of the Isles
Loredano (James)
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Lorrequer (Harry)