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Lungs of London

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The parks. In a debate, June 30th, 1808, respecting encroachments upon Hyde Park, Mr. Windham said it was the “lungs of London.”

 

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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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Lumber (from Lombard)
Lumine Sicco (In)
Lump
Lumpkin (Tony)
Lun
Luna
Lunar Month
Lunar Year
Lunatics
Luncheon. (Welsh, llonc or llwnc, a gulp; llyncu, to swallow at a gulp.)
Lungs of London
Lunsford
Lupercal (The)
Lupine
Lupus et Agnus
Lupus in Fabula
Lurch
Lush
Lusiad or The Lusiads
Lusitania
Lusitanian Prince