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Language: Old English
Origin: leger 'act of lying, bed'

lair

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
lair [countable]
1HBA the place where a wild animal hides and sleeps [= den]
2 a place where you go to hide or to be alone [= den]:
a smuggler's lair
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