Lass meaning

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A sweetheart.
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The definition of a lass is a girl or a female loved one.

An example of a lass is a young girl in Scotland.

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A girl or young woman.
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A young woman; girl.
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(archaic, informal) A young woman or girl.

"Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!"

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A sweetheart.
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(Geordie) A sweetheart.
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A girl servant; maid.
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Origin of lass

From Middle English lasse, from Old Norse *lasqa (“an unmarried woman"). Cognate with Scots lassie.

Sentence Examples

  • I hand delivered a lovely lass to him, and he turned her down flat.

  • In the same way a woman reappeared to her husband in Glencoe in the last generation, but he was wooing another lass and did not make any effort to recover his wife.

  • For 7 years old, this young lass sure is a star!

  • Bonnie wee lass.

  • One such project is Shantae, a red-clad half-genie lass who first made her appearance back on the Game Boy Color.

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