Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US, slang, uncommon)The police.

  2. (dated, possibly)A minced oath for Lord.

More definitions
  • the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

Forms

plural: lawses
Singularlaws
Plurallawses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit:TorahPentateuch

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlaws-a-mercy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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