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 Letter-Gae.Letter of Credit. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Letter-lock.
 
A lock that cannot be opened unless certain chosen letters are arranged in a certain order.   1
       
“A strange lock that opens with A MEN.”
       
Beaumont and Fletcher: Noble Gentleman.
 


 Letter-Gae.Letter of Credit. 

 
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