Lyonnesse (3 syl.).

That sweet land of Lyonnesse”—a tract between the Land’s End and the Scilly Isles, now submerged full “forty fathoms under water.” Arthur came from this mythical country.

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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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Lynch-pin
Lynchnobians
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Lynx-eyed
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Lyonnesse
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