Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little lass; a young girl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A young girl; a lass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Northern England, Geordie, Northumbrian A young
girl , alass , especially one seen as asweetheart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
Etymologies
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Examples
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"You're just an auld fool," said Drumcarro, "the lassie is as well off as any lassie needs to be.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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It was odd, though pleasant, their three-cornered way of talking; he and the lassie were a bit shy yet with each other-inclined to say personal things to Claire instead, confident that she would pass on their essence; their interpreter in this new and awkward language of the heart.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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He called the lassie to him one day as she passed through the ward, and motioned her to lean down so he could talk to her.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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That the Douglases should gain a triumph through a lassie was a thing that he had scarcely been able to bring himself to believe; but when this triumph was accomplished for him, his pride accepted it as a thing to be looked for.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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"When the lassie is a bit over-fired and excited, she doesn't know what she is saying."
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This is a game for very little children, and with a little suggestion as to the exercises or movements to be illustrated by the "lassie," may be the source of some very good exercise as well as a pleasing game.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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And now, when riches had been gathered and comfort could be had, his "lassie" had left him, and
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray
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When a boy is in the center, the word "lassie" should be changed to
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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"Ah, lassie, that is what a wife should be -- what a wife should do.
The Lady of the Shroud Bram Stoker 1879
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"No, lassie, that is the suit the Prince wore at Holyrood, where he gave a great ball after Prestonpans, and danced with the Edinburgh ladies.
Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878
Prolagus commented on the word lassie
Look twice at the kid with the crimped
And overheated hair
They ran a book on his looks
Odds on was the noble pose and
The denim hard riff of the Irish Troubadour
But the boy came from nowhere to
Steal the hearts of lassies in the lavvies of the club tonight.
(I know where the summer goes, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 13, 2008