it falls to my lot to do it

  • 1Lot — (l[o^]t), n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle[ o]tan to cast lots, OS. hl[=o]t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l[=o]z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens without human design or… …

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  • 2lot — (n.) O.E. hlot object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone s share, also what falls to a person by lot, from P.Gmc. *khlutom (Cf. O.N. hlutr lot, share, O.Fris. hlot lot,… …

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  • 3Falls Road — the Falls Road a street in the Roman Catholic part of ↑Belfast in ↑Northern Ireland where a lot of fighting has taken place since the 1960s. →↑Shankhill Road …

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  • 4Lot — Sn Lötmetall, Meßblei erw. fach. (13. Jh.), mhd. lōt, mndd. lōt, lode, mndl. loot Stammwort. Aus wg. * lauda n. Blei , auch in ae. lēad, afr. lād. Die Bedeutungsspezialisierung im Deutschen erst mit der Verdrängung des Wortes durch Blei n.… …

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  • 5Falls Church, Virginia — City of Falls Church   City   City of Falls Church …

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  • 6Falls Road (Baltimore Light Rail station) — Infobox Station style= name = Falls Road logo size = image size = image caption = address = Falls Road near Lake Avenue Baltimore, MD 21209 line =rail color box|system=Baltimore Light Rail|line=Bluerail color box|system=Baltimore Light… …

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  • 7Mulholland Falls — Theatrical release poster Directed by Lee Tamahori Produced by …

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  • 8Delphi Falls, New York — Delphi Falls   Hamlet   …

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  • 9Latourell Falls — Infobox Waterfall name=Latourell Falls caption= location=Columbia River Gorge type= height=Convert|249|ft|m|0|abbr=on number drops=1 flow= heightrank= coordinates=coord|45.53710| 122.21686Latourell Falls is a waterfall along the Columbia River… …

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  • 10To cast in one's lot with — Lot Lot (l[o^]t), n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle[ o]tan to cast lots, OS. hl[=o]t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l[=o]z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens without human… …

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