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  • Through the action of what kinky cell of the brain I had called the dear gallant fellow "Petit Patou," instead of "Lackaday," I was unable to conjecture.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • Lackaday, good masters, said the host, my poor house has but a bare larder.

    Ulysses 2003

  • There was some heathenish, coffin-colored old lumber aboard, which, upon a long previous voyage, had been cut from the aboriginal groves of the Lackaday islands, and from these dark planks the coffin was recommended to be made.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • -- Lackaday, good masters, said the host, my poor house has but a bare larder.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • To this knightly company Colonel Lackaday might well belong.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • Towards lunch time Lackaday and I, chance companions, strolled towards the house.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • No wonder the Cirque Rocambeau had come to grief, if it depended on such canaries as Lackaday.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • Before starting I had a last interview with Lackaday.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • Lackaday had planned to go to Vichy, he went to Vichy.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

  • I can call myself General Lackaday till the day of my death, but not a sou does it put into my pocket.

    The Mountebank William John Locke 1896

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