L’s
n.— «On Tops of all that my L’s been suspended & my car got impounded like 3 times since Sept.» —“Let Me help build Mr Rick Up” by Thagamezover@webtv.net (Da Lamp) Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop Apr. 7, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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