lez
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lez
By shortening and respelling
Example Sentences
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The archetypal power lez, Bette was the Yale-educated badass director of a prestigious art gallery – a particular departure from stereotypical television roles for people of colour at the time.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2019
“So when I heard ma boy Matt was coming for a game, I was like yeh, lez go!”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Quant fut houre del manger, Et qe tuz alerent lauer, Li prodoms a manger s’assist, Les .iii. valez seeir i fist, Argentille lez son seignur; Serui furent a grant honur.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Et adont fut la bataille du roy reculee; mais l'avantgarde et l'arrieregarde a deux lez passerent oultre et enclouïrent ces Flamens, et les misrent a l'estroit.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
"Ceux sont les articles de lez pewderers de Lounders, les queux les genz de mesme lartifice dyceste citee Deverwyk ount agrees pur agarder et ordeiner entre eux par deux ans passez, devant Johan Moreton, maire."
From Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century by Benson, Edwin
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