lass
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass.
Origin of lass
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How to use lass in a sentence
The trilogy follows Kate and Baba, two lasses from the Shannon bogs, from convent school to the bright lights of London.
Two unsophisticated country lasses visited Niblo's in New York during the ballet season.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousHe's a corker, wi' a face like yin o' they pented cupids that the lasses send to the young men on picture postcards.
The Underworld | James C. WelshWell, lasses will be lasses, and the mills can give as many on 'em as ye like.
Sarah's School Friend | May BaldwinTh' ither lasses Lisbeth's hae'n had a michty trouble wi' them.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. Barrie
What mowtn't be reet fur other lasses to do, is reet enow fur me.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for lass
/ (læs) /
a girl or young woman
informal a familiar form of address for any female
Origin of lass
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