Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In hunting, the ordure or excrement of the boar, wolf, or bear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural The leavings or dung of beasts.

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  • noun animal dung

Etymologies

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French laissées, from laisser to leave. See lease (transitive verb).

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Examples

  • We are likely to drop into a period of severe Depression and financial instability, and on the other side is a life with less energy, less wealth and a whole host of other "lesses" that make up our new normal.

    Energy Bulletin - 2008

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.

    Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010

  • Experience suggests that most people behave the same, and the work-lesses at least offset the work-mores.

    Joe Minarik: "Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?" 2010

  • Experience suggests that most people behave the same, and the work-lesses at least offset the work-mores.

    Joe Minarik: "Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?" Joe Minarik 2010

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  • According to reesetee, "boar, bear, or wolf doo-doo."

    October 24, 2007