lawing

American  

[law-ing] / ˈlɔ ɪŋ /

noun

Scot.

1. a bill, especially for food or drink in a tavern.

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Etymology

Origin of lawing

1525–35; obsolete Scots law bill, Middle English (dial.) lagh < Old Norse lag price, tax, proper place ( cf. law ¹) + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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lawing

It was a good spot for a Taft to do his lawing in.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of Andrew Johnson's appointees, William M. Evarts, left office saying: "I shall return to my business of farming and lawing and leave to the newspaper correspondents the conduct of affairs."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Fear na ye that, my lord," quo' Willie;   "By the faith o' my bodie, Lord Scroope," he said, "I never yet lodged in a hostelrie   But I paid my lawing before I gaed."

From Types of Children's Literature by Walter Barnes

"If they come to lawing, and it's all true as folks say, there's more to be looked to nor money," said the glazier.

From Middlemarch by George Eliot

Mrs. Newbolt was there already, awaiting him at the railing which divided the lawyers from the lawed, lawing, and, in some cases, outlawed.

From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

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