Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A girl or young woman.
- noun A sweetheart.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lazy.
- noun A girl: in familiar language often applied to a woman of any age.
- noun A sweetheart.
- noun A maid-servant; a servant-girl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A young woman; a girl; a sweetheart.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic, informal A young
woman orgirl . - noun Geordie A
sweetheart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And Graham's gobby Welsh lass is national treasure Charlotte Church.
The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa Sam Wollaston 2010
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The Tobago lass is the first female athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to earn a medal at the global track and field meet.
Global Voices in English » Caribbean: “Gold Rush” in Berlin 2009
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She knows she must run for election in 2010, and the lass is running scared.
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She knows she must run for election in 2010, and the lass is running scared.
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A fair, young lass is the one thing we focus on as we begin, looking straight at her as she stares into the camera saying that “you” are about to die.
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But imagine that in the background, as this wee slip of a lass is performing, this dude in leather trousers and lounge-singer frilly shirt is wandering about, looking louche and lusty.
Archive 2008-10-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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But imagine that in the background, as this wee slip of a lass is performing, this dude in leather trousers and lounge-singer frilly shirt is wandering about, looking louche and lusty.
Duncan's Patent Remedy Hal Duncan 2008
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Coooooooor that black lass is a bit of alright isn't she?
Women to Win ( however useless?) Newmania 2007
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The Paisley lass is good buddies with Gordon and Alastair and no doubt her and her brother have long gotten past any teenage rammies they used to have.
Surveying a Wendy house Jeff 2007
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Seems a certain Irish lass started to celebrate the holiday early.
cordeliameg Diary Entry cordeliameg 2000
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