Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lazarus

Any poor beggar; so called from the Lazarus of the parable, who was laid daily at the rich man's gate (St. Luke xvi.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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