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lords and ladies

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lords-and-la⋅dies

[lawrdz-uhn-ley-deez]
–noun, plural -la⋅dies.
(used with a singular verb) cuckoopint.

Origin:
1750–60

cuck⋅oo⋅pint

[koo-koo-pahynt, kook-oo-]
–noun
a common European arum, Arum maculatum.
Also called lords-and-ladies.


Origin:
1545–55; apocopated var. of obs. cuckoopintle, late ME cokkupyntel (see cuckoo, pintle ); its spadix is pintle-shaped
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