Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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labyrinth.
lackadaisical for something done without enthusiasm. Not lacks-.
Lackawanna, New York.
Lackawaxen River, Pennsylvania.
lacquer.
La Crosse, Wisconsin. But lacrosse for the sport.
lacuna. A missing part; pl. lacunas/lacunae.
lacy. Not -ey.
laddie. Not -dy.
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Ladies Professional Golf Association. (No apos.)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Novel by D. H. Lawrence (1928).
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de.
(1757–1834) French general who played a leading role in both the
American and French revolutions.
Laffitte, Jacques. (1767–1844) French statesman.
Lafite, Château. Celebrated wine from Bordeaux.
Lafitte/Laffite, Jean. (c. 1780–c. 1826) French pirate.
La Follette, Robert M(arion). (1855–1925) American politician; ran for
president as a Progressive in 1924.
Lag b’Omer. Jewish holiday.
lagniappe. A small, unexpected gift; pronounced lan-yap.
La Guardia Airport, New York. Some users make the name one word,
as in Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College in Queens, but
the two-word form is more general for both the man and any