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unwritten law
unwritten law
An accepted although informal rule of behavior, as in It's an unwritten law that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool. [Mid-1400s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Haruki | | hah-ṙoo-kee | Japanese |
Bodil | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Jarkko | | YAHRK-ko | Finnish |
Airi | | ah-ee-ṙee | Japanese |
Berthold | | BERT-hawlt | German (Archaic) |
Binay | | - | Bengali |