lass
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4.8
- noun
- /læs/
- UK
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- The young lass decided to pursue her dreams and study medicine.
- a winsome lass
Someone got some bottle, some big lads, you know, people who could talk, lasses who could talk.
- Someone got some bottle, some big lads, you know, people who could talk, lasses who could talk.
- There was a young lass with like a look upturned walk, making a bread on a fire.
- Next thing I'm on my Mars bed fucking some meaty lass.
- The caveman Brian, he was with his bed and another laden lass.
- But yeah, in regards to this lovely, yes, of course, lovely lad, lad or lass, one of the two or or other or other.
Examples
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She's a bonny lass
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Duncan felt himself burn with love for life; he remembered the scent of every lass he had ever loved.
Fiction book (1999) -
There may come a time When a lass needs a lawyer.
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Let the poor lass do all the work for you!
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"What are you looking for, lass, so early on a morning as fine as this?"
Fiction book (2002) -
Do you not think you should be wearing a jacket, little lass?
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"Why, we'll have to get you to bed right away, lass," Maggie said.
Fiction book (1992) -
"So I thought to myself, lass," he said, grimacing in memory of it.
Fiction book (1991) -
'Twas there I met a pretty lass
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"Donald was a mild man, married to the bonniest lass in Inverawe, save my own beloved."
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A young female who is not yet an adult
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1.0
A female person in her teens or twenties
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1.0
A girl or young woman in her teens to early twenties
283
7.7
A woman or girl said in a friendly, informal way
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8.8
A young woman who is not married
112
9.9
An unmarried girl or young woman often mentioned in old stories
35
9.5
A Scottish word for a girl or young woman
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9.6
A young woman often shown as delicate and needing help in old stories
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2.8
A young woman or girl called in a polite, friendly way
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1.0
A woman who is not married
A young woman who is not married and lives alone and supports herself
A young unmarried woman who appears in old stories
Young unmarried women, especially those who have not had sex
A girl or young woman who is not married
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lass comes from Scots and northern English and probably from an old northern language like Old Norse, where a similar word meant a young woman. Think of it as the female match to lad, so lass means 'a girl' or young woman.