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 Loophole.Loose-coat Field. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Loose.
 
Having a tile loose. Not quite of sound mind. The head being the roof of the temple called the body.   1
   Out on the loose. Out on the spree; out of moral bounds.   2
 


 Loophole.Loose-coat Field. 

 
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