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"lun and fun" in C.19 usage?

A colleague has a letter written in the mid 19th century which appears to say that someone was "all the lun & fun" of the occasion. I see from Brewer's and the Routledge Dictionary of Slang that "lun" was a term for a harlequin or clown, but I cannot find any precedent for the phrase "lun and fun." Was it in use as a colloquial expression? I should be glad to learn of any examples.
  

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[nq:1]A colleague has a letter written in the mid 19th century which appears to say that someone was "all the ... " Was it in use as a colloquial expression? [/nq] Maybe it'f one of thofe elongated effef.

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  • [nq:1]A colleague has a letter written in the mid 19th century which appears to say that someone was "all the ...
  • " Was it in use as a colloquial expression?
  • [/nq] Maybe it'f one of thofe elongated effef.
  • john
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[nq:1]A colleague has a letter written in the mid 19th century which appears to say that someone was "all the ... "lun and fun." Was it in use as a colloquial expression? I should be glad to learn of any examples.[/nq]
Maybe it'f one of thofe elongated effef.

john
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[nq:1]A colleague has a letter written in the mid 19th century which appears to say that someone was "all the ... "lun and fun." Was it in use as a colloquial expression? I should be glad to learn of any examples.[/nq]
Can't help with examples, but I wonder if "lun" which isn't recorded in OED1 is related to "lunacy".

Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southe
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