Phrase guide

lay in lavender

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To pawn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, idiomatic, obsolete

Examples

  • 17th century, Aphra Behn, The Luckey Chance I have business, very earnest business abroad this Evening; now were you a Rascal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way to get home my last Suit that was laid in Lavender—with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig, Cravat, and so forth.

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