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- Labor
- n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
- lamprey
- 1. an animal that spends its life sucking—but in a bad way.
- 2. a similar type of higher mammal which must suck for sustenance; this species is most often observed at casting calls and in deserted board rooms.
- Land
- n. A part of the earth’s surface, considered as property. The
theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control
is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the
superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some
have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own
implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass
are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that
if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will
be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to
exist.
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
For the spark the nature gave
I have there the right to keep.They give me the cat-o’-nine
Dodle
Whenever I go ashore.
Then ho! for the flashing brine —
I’m a natural commodore! - Language
- n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another’s treasure.
- Laocoon
- n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.
- Lap
- n. One of the most important organs of the female system — an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. The male of our species has a rudimentary lap, imperfectly developed and in no way contributing to the animal’s substantial welfare.
- largesse
- generosity in giving; e.g., “Jennifer Lopez’s charity work shows her largesse.”
- Last
- n. A shoemaker’s implement, named by a frowning Providence as
opportunity to the maker of puns.
Ah, punster, would my lot were cast,
Gargo Repsky
Where the cobbler is unknown,
So that I might forget his last
And hear your own. - late fee
- a price one must occasionally pay to one’s bill-collectors for the privilege of having one’s payday scheduled by his employer.
