Lore

Noun

1: a particular body of knowledge or tradition the lore of baseball heroes
2: something that is learned:
a: traditional knowledge or belief tribal lore
b: knowledge gained through study or experience the lore of religious architecture
3 archaic : something that is taught : LESSON

A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport By

“Mr. Self’s own text is immensely learned in cabbie lore and even creates a cab-based “Clockwork Orange”-like language, in which the sun is the “foglamp,” for example, and the moon an “édlite.”

 

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