What does lawsome mean?
Lawsome means (rare, nonstandard) Characterised or marked by lawfulness; lawful.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare, nonstandard) Characterised or marked by lawfulness; lawful.
The lawsome owner of that expensive palomino is a real college boy with a generous allowance from a daddy in the cattle trade.
But Lon Camp was gifted with a more legal turn of mind than the others and he said, “Now holt on a mite . Ifn Dad an' Hughie really have gone an' claim-staked this here fountain, then I reckon they got a lawsome right to her. […]”
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Lawsome means (rare, nonstandard) Characterised or marked by lawfulness; lawful.
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The lawsome owner of that expensive palomino is a real college boy with a generous allowance from a daddy in the cattle trade.
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