kind of ornament that hangs around the neck, 1873, from French lavallière, a kind of tie, after Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière, Duchesse de La Vallière (1644-1710), mistress of Louis XIV from 1661-1667.
Laurentian
lautitious
lav
lava
lavage
lavalier
lavaliere
lavation
lavatory
lave
lavender
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