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 Lynch Law.Lynchno’bians. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lynch-pin.
 
(Anglo-Saxon, lynis, an axle), whence club. (Qy. lynch-law.)   1
 


 Lynch Law.Lynchno’bians. 

 
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