Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little lass; a lassie.

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Examples

  • "Flora said I was a 'nice bit lassock,' but Mrs. Johnnie said," -- Christina could not bring herself to tell the humiliating truth -- "she said I wasn't like the rest," she finished falteringly.

    In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • No, she's a nice bit lassock, but she's not bonnie.

    In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Flora Grant had admitted that she was a "Nice bit lassock," but that was small comfort.

    In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • This is probably due to provincial Custom, and may be compared with the fondness shown in some parts of Scotland for words such as "boatie," "lassie" or "lassock," etc.

    The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

  • "Tammock," said she, standing with her arms wide set, and her hands on that part of the onstead that appears to have been built for them, "wad hae ye mind that I was but a lassock when ye cam 'knoitin' an 'hirplin' alang the Ayrshire road frae Dalmellington."

    Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

  • Besides, 'as he always concluded, ` ` Mattie was nae ordinary lassock-quean; she was akin to the Laird o Limmerfield.' '

    Rob Roy 1887

  • I wadna for ever sae muckle that even the lassock Mattie ken'd onything about it.

    Rob Roy 1887

  • And a long guid day to the pair of ye -- ye are a disobedient regardless lassock, and ye are heapin 'up wrath again the day of wrath, but for all that I'm no sayin' that I'll forget you in my will!

    The Dew of Their Youth 1887

  • I wadna for ever sae muckle that even the lassock Mattie ken'd onything about it.

    Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • I wadna for ever sae muckle that even the lassock Mattie ken'd onything about it.

    Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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