deuce less

noun

Etymology

From deuce, "two year sentence," with less as a shortening of the phrase "two years less a day."

Definitions

  1. 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.

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