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** [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017548/ Internet Movie Database] | ** [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017548/ Internet Movie Database] | ||
| − | * '''lunt:''' (''Scots'') a slow-match or means of setting on fire | + | * '''lunt:''' (''Scots'') a slow-match or means of setting on fire → the song ''London's Burning'', which is alluded to in the Circe episode of ''Ulysses'' |
* '''Lunte:''' (''German'') match, slow-match | * '''Lunte:''' (''German'') match, slow-match | ||
* '''Long Tom:''' a character in the movie ''While London Sleeps'' | * '''Long Tom:''' a character in the movie ''While London Sleeps'' | ||
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| + | * '''Long Tom:''' a long gun, especially one carried amidships on a swivelling carriage | ||
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| + | * "Close your eyes and think of England", which has an interesting [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/close-your-eyes-and-think-of-england.html story] itself | ||
Latest revision as of 13:44, 28 June 2017
- While London Sleeps: (1) a music-hall song from the 19th Century (2) a movie about a dog who rescues a young woman from an "ape-man" who is terrorizing London (1926)
- lunt: (Scots) a slow-match or means of setting on fire → the song London's Burning, which is alluded to in the Circe episode of Ulysses
- Lunte: (German) match, slow-match
- Long Tom: a character in the movie While London Sleeps
- Long Tom: a long gun, especially one carried amidships on a swivelling carriage
- "Close your eyes and think of England", which has an interesting story itself
