laws

See also: LAWS, LAWs, and Laws

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔːz/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /lɑz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

laws

  1. plural of law
  2. (US, slang, street slang, uncommon) The police.
  3. (possibly dated) A minced oath for Lord.
    • 1841, John Frail, The Lost Letter, Or, The Confessions of Conscience: A Dramatic Sketch, page 27:
      Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it!
    • 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe: With Biographical Introductions, Portraits, and Other Illustrations, page 81:
      Laws bless my soul, my dear little lamb! what's the matter?

Verb

laws

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of law

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