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LAUNCH—To drag a boy out of bed, mattress, bedclothes, and all.
LOB—A Tice. It will be observed by cricketers that this is not the ordinary meaning of the term, which, I believe, generally denotes any kind of slow, underhand ball. At Winchester a “Lob” may be delivered by a swift, round-hand bowler.
LOBSTER—To Cry.
LOCKBACK—A Holiday or Remedy, on which, from bad weather or any other cause, the boys did not go on to Hills, but remained on the school side of Seventh Chamber Passage gate.
LOCKS AND KEYS—Commoner Peal, (v. inf.)
LOGIE—Sewerage.
LOG POND—A Sewer.
LONG BOX—A deal box for holding bats, stumps, and balls.
LONG DISPAR—Part of a loin of mutton.
LONG FORK—A stick used as a toasting-fork.
LONG GRASS—All meads except the paths and Turf, (v. inf.)
LONG HALF—The Half which commenced in February, and ended in the middle of July.
LONG MEADS—A field between Sick-house and Commoners, now thrown into Meads. The time after dinner on summer evenings, when we went on to Underhills, was also so called.