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noun

manners; behavior; conduct (usually preceded by mind or watch ): The children were told to mind their p's and q's.

Origin:
1770–80; perhaps from some children's difficulty in distinguishing the two letters

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p's and q's

—*pl n*
	behaviour within social conventions; manners (esp in the phrase to mind one's p's and q's)

[altered from p(lea)se and (than)k-you's]

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