lawing
[ law-ing ]
nounScot.
a bill, especially for food or drink in a tavern.
Origin of lawing
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How to use lawing in a sentence
Sir, no man should enter the door of a public-house without paying his lawing.'
Red Gauntlet | Sir Walter ScottI never yet lodged in a hostelrie, But I paid my lawing before I gaed.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy | Andrew LangI hastened through my breakfast, paid my lawing, and ordered out my horse.
The Shoes of Fortune | Neil MunroThey're worth more than all the lawing Gray and Vanrevel have ever done or ever will do.
The Two Vanrevels | Booth Tarkington"I would that that part of your duty relating to the hock-sinewing, and lawing of mastiffs, could be discontinued," said Richard.
The Lancashire Witches | William Harrison Ainsworth
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