lass

[ las ]
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noun
  1. a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.

  2. a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass.

Origin of lass

1
1250–1300; Middle English las, lasse, of uncertain origin

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How to use lass in a sentence

  • 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

lass

/ (læs) /


noun
  1. a girl or young woman

  2. informal a familiar form of address for any female

Origin of lass

1
C13: origin uncertain

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