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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Levellers. (April, 1649.)
 
A body of men that first appeared in Surrey, and went about pulling down park palings and levelling hedges, especially those on crown lands. Colonel Lilburne was lodged in prison for favouring the Levellers. (See LILBURNE.)   1
 


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