lez
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of lez
By shortening and respelling
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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
She heard voices in the loft above her: "Ah gee, lez—oh, lez go down the lake and swipe some mushrats out of somebody's traps," Cy was yawning.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
"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
En tesmoynaunce de quel payment a ycestes endentur lez ptyes susditez entrechaungeablement ount mys lours sceals.
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
“The only people who don’t think it’s funny are us lezzes, but we’ve gotta laugh, because if we don’t—proves the point!”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2018
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