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English
Conjunction
'less
- (uncommon) Alternative form of unless
1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XVIII, in Age of Consent, London: T Werner Laurie , →OCLC, page 179:"Last two weeks I only got half bottles; pretty terrible she's been about it. There ain't any living with her 'less she gets her gin."