"Ten commandments" Definition

Definitions for the word "Ten commandments" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
pl. (prec. By the) rules of conduct given by god to moses (exod. 20:1–17).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a virago’s fingers, or nails. Often heard in a female street disturbance. “I’ll leave the TEN COMMANDMENTS marked on his chump,” shows that the term may be applied to either the fingers or the scratchings. It would be a strange hand, however, that, with the best opportunity, could made five marks simultaneously.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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