Liverpool.

Said to be the “liverpool.” The liver is a mythic bird, somewhat like the heron. The arms of the city contain two livers.

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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.

Little Ones (The)
Little Paris
Little Pedlington
Little Red Ridinghood
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