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 Luggie.Luke (St.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Luggnagg.
 
An island mentioned in Gulliver’s Travels, where people live for ever. Swift shows the evil of such a destiny, unless accompanied with eternal youth. (See STRULDBRUGS.)   1
 


 Luggie.Luke (St.). 

 
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