'less

conjunction

Unless.

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Meanings

conjunction
  1. colloquialuncommonUnless.

    "Last two weeks I only got half bottles; pretty terrible she's been about it. There ain't any living with her 'less she gets her gin."

    1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XVIII, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 179
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APA

'less. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'less

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“'less.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'less. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'less,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'less.

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