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'less

'less conjunction: unless.

Conjunction

'less

  1. (colloquial, uncommon) Unless.
    • "Last two weeks I only got half bottles; pretty terrible she's been about it. There ain't any living with her 'less she gets her gin."1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XVIII, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 179

Questions about 'less

What does 'less mean?
'less means unless.
What part of speech is 'less?
'less is a conjunction.

Words near 'less in the dictionary

  1. 'kin' 'ell
  2. 'kini
  3. 'kinis
  4. 'ld
  5. 'least
  6. 'less
  7. 'leven
  8. 'Lizabeth
  9. 'll
  10. 'llo
  11. 'lo

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