• IPA^(key): /lɔːz/
• (cot–caught merger)IPA^(key): /lɑz/

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laws

1. plural oflaw
2. (US, slang, street slang, uncommon) Thepolice.
3. (possibly dated)A minced oath forLord.
   • 1841, John Frail,The Lost Letter, Or, The Confessions of Conscience: A Dramatic Sketch, page27:

     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, page81:

     Laws bless my soul, my dear little lamb! what's the matter?

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laws

1. third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative oflaw

• slaw,awls,Wals,WASL,lwas

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