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 Lothair.Lothian (Scotland). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lotha’rio.
 
A gay Lothario. A gay libertine, a seducer of female modesty, a debauchee. The character is from The Fair Penitent, by Rowe, and Rowe’s tragedy is from Massinger’s Fatal Dowry.   1
 


 Lothair.Lothian (Scotland). 

 
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