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204 Lamb-y or Lammy-pie. ^' Lammy pie isn't made of lamh " ! as the name would imply. The following tale will explain. It is fully given in Warner's Tour through Cornwall in 1809. ^^ A Cockney who had a mind to see the world, strayed down as far as St. Ives, where he entered an inn and called for supper. Have you any beef for a steak 1 No ! Any veal for a cutlet '? No ! Any mutton for a chop ? No ! AVhat ! no meat ! No please your honour, except a nice lammtj-pie, which was baked to day. The Cock- ney licked his lips at the prospect of a cold larrib-pie, and ordered it up. Hunger was his sauce; he ate heartily, and relished his meal exceedingly. He passed the night in horrors, but had no idea they arose from the indigestible quality of his supper, till the next morning, when he was about to mount his horse. ' Well Sir,' said the ostler, seeing he was a stranger, ' how did you like missuses lammy-pie last night 1 Excellent,' replied he, ' twas the best laml I ever tasted. Lord love ye,' returned John, ^it was not that ; lammy-yie isn't made of laml. Why what the devil was it then 1 exclaimed the horrified travel- ler. ' Why our poor kiddy, to be sure,' returned the other, ^who died yesterday," This dainty dish is obsolete. Lamper. A lamprey. Lampered. Mottled, stained. "Lampered all over with dirt." Lannard. A kind of hawk. Carew.