lass - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • marry: Not only did the Geordies welcome him with open arms, but he met and married a local lass.
  • come: Here is game enough for one meal an ' more; come, lass, get it ready as fast as may be.
  • call: The joke going around college was, " what do you call the shields lass in the white shell suit?
  • have: I had a fat lass on top of me.
  • get: I have got the lasses at Y&Y looking through their archives and it might help narrow the search.
  • meet: I just met a Welsh lass and shes blown me away compleatly!

Adjective modifier

  • bonny: I shall be late home, and Early to bed and early to rise, gars bonny lasses have bright eyes.
  • Scots: Logged Take care of yourself Roni Scots lass in France Gwen BPA Forum Full Time Regular Posts: 199 Re: I hate it!
  • northern: She was employed by a family who thought that northern lasses were better workers!
  • lovely: No lovely lass to attend to my every desire.
  • Irish: Grinham, who only yesterday narrowly escaped an opening round defeat, had no answer to the highly confident Irish lass.
  • young: For 7 years old, this young lass sure is a star!

Modifies a noun

  • ..: Amo, amas, I love a lass...
  • o: FATHER: She's only a lass o eighteen.

Noun used with modifier

  • bonnie: A wee bit of Scotland for a bonnie wee lass.
  • country: I'm a country lass in a foul city.
  • wee: A wee bit of Scotland for a bonnie wee lass.
  • servant: An old man, a cottar in the parish, had got into trouble with his young servant lass.

Preposition: in

  • city: I'm a country lass in a foul city.

Preposition: of

  • grass: A most difficult decision picking lass of the grass.

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