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 Lance-Knight.Lan’celot (Sir). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lance of the Ladies.
 
At the termination of every joust a course was run “pour les dames,” and called the “Lance of the Ladies.”   1
 


 Lance-Knight.Lan’celot (Sir). 

 
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