deuce less
nounEtymology
From deuce, "two year sentence," with less as a shortening of the phrase "two years less a day."
Definitions
A sentence of two years less a day (entitling the offender to serve the sentence in a…
A sentence of two years less a day (entitling the offender to serve the sentence in a provincial institution, rather than a federal penitentiary as for sentences of two years or more).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deuce less. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA