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Sir Laurence de Montford Montagu was a 19th century aristocrat and one of the "idle rich".
An amiable chap, he was a man about London town and was a regular at establishments such as Boodles and Drone's.
He was known for his permanent smile and chipper manner, but historians think that his cheerful disposition was due to a head injury in earlier life which left him unable to be unhappy or angry. |
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Happy as Larry.
Larry isn't a person it's a person type ...
Larrikin is an old Cornish word for hooligan or rough type that was always larrikin around ....
So to be as happy as larry was to be carefree and not worried about your behaviour ....... it travelled to Australia and New Zealand and sometimes is quoted as being from there but it's CORNISH |
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or the Midlands..... apparently
The word larrikin was a dialect term meaning "mischievous or frolicsome youth" originating from the West Midlands region of England (particularly the counties of Worcestershire and Warwickshire). It was also related to the verb to larrack in the Yorkshire dialect, meaning 'to lark about'. |
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