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[edit]laws
- plural of law
- (US, slang, street slang, uncommon) The police.
- (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?
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of law
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