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plural els
The name of the Latin-script letter L. quotations examples
The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
(US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago. quotations examples
The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.
2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York, page 294
The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11. examples
(informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English). quotations
" […] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […] " […] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko?
2007, Richard Bachman, Blaze, page 125
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л. examples