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lass definition

lass (las)

noun

  1. a young woman; girl
  2. a sweetheart
  3. Scot. a girl servant; maid

Etymology: north ME lasce, lasse: prob. < Anglo-N *lasqa < ON lǫskr, weak, idle < IE *lēid-, var. of base *lēi- > late, let

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