lass

  • 11lass — (also lassie) ► NOUN chiefly Scottish & N. English ▪ a girl or young woman. ORIGIN from Old Norse, unmarried …

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  • 12lass — [las] n. [north ME lasce, lasse: prob. < Anglo N * lasqa < ON lǫskr, weak, idle < IE * lēid , var. of base * lēi > LATE, LET1] 1. a young woman; girl 2. a sweetheart 3. Scot. a girl servant; maid …

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  • 13lass — cut·lass; lass; wind·lass·er; wind·lass; …

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  • 14lass — [[t]læ̱s[/t]] lasses N COUNT; N VOC A lass is a young woman or girl. [mainly SCOTTISH or NORTHERN ENGLISH] Anne is a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston... What is it, lass? Finlay cried …

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  • 15lass —    This would be the normal word for ‘girl’ in the north of England, extending down to the northern Midlands. It is the Scottish term as well, together with its diminutive form, ‘lassie’. When Mellors, the gamekeeper in Lady Chatterley’s Lover,… …

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  • 16lass — ● las ou lass nom masculin Racloir composé d une planche de bois et d un très long manche, qui sert à la récolte du sel sur les marais salants. ● las ou lass (homonymes) nom masculin lace forme conjuguée du verbe lacer lacent forme conjuguée du… …

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  • 17lass — UK [læs] / US noun [countable] Word forms lass : singular lass plural lasses Scottish a girl, or a young woman …

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  • 18lass — /las/, n. 1. a girl or young woman, esp. one who is unmarried. 2. a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass. [1250 1300; ME las, lasse, of uncert. orig.] * * * …

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  • 19lass — noun /læs/ a) A young woman or girl. Come and dance, ye lads and lasses! b) A sweetheart. See Also: buffer lass, lad, lassie …

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  • 20lass — • last, packning, lass …

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