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by the laws

by the laws interjection: an exclamation of surprise.

Interjection

by the laws

  1. An exclamation of surprise.
    • "By the laws, sir," said Jack, "yez live to a powerful great age here undher the wather! Ye knew my grandfather, and he's dead and gone betther nor sixty years."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 532

Questions about by the laws

What does by the laws mean?
By the laws means an exclamation of surprise.
What part of speech is by the laws?
By the laws is an interjection.

Words near by the laws in the dictionary

  1. by the Grace of Allah
  2. by the Grace of God
  3. by the holy poker
  4. by the immortal powers
  5. by the job
  6. by the laws
  7. by the lay
  8. by the living jingo
  9. by the looks of things
  10. by the minute
  11. by the moment

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