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law

/lɔ/ interjection C2
  1. An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks; in interjections, a minced oath for Lord. (dated)
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“In my youth,” said his father, “I took to the law,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 33 · B2
That keep the Jungle Law!
The Jungle Book, p. 1 · B2
“He has no right!” Father Wolf began angrily--“By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning.
The Jungle Book, p. 2 · B2
The Law of the Jungle, which never orders anything without a reason, forbids every beast to eat Man except when he is killing to show his children how to kill, and then he must hunt outside the hunting grounds of his pack or tribe.
The Jungle Book, p. 3 · B2

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