Lass

/læs/ · noun

Meaning

A girl; also (by extension), a young woman..

Definitions by Sense

1. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
2. (especially Geordie, Wearside) A sweetheart.
3. (Northern England, Scotland) A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.
4. (Scotland, familiar) A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.

Example Sentences

Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!

[T]heyr founders soules / Haue lost theyr beade rolles, / The mony for theyr masses / Spent amonge wanton lasses; […]

Ste[phano]. Is it ſo braue a Laſſe? / Cal[iban]. I [i.e., aye] Lord, ſhe vvill become thy bed, I vvarrant, / And bring thee forth braue brood.

This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]

The laſs i' th' red petticoat ſhall pay for all. Young men anſvver ſo vvhen they are chid for being ſo prodigal and expenſive, meaning they vvill get a vvife vvith a good portion, that ſhall pay for it.

[P]ray vvhich is the little Laſs that intends to be a Gentlevvoman?

Let the toaſt paſs, drink to the laſs, / I vvarrant ſhe'll find an excuſe for the glaſs.

But one there is, the loveliest of them all, / Some sweet lass of the valley, looking out / For gains, and who that sees her would not buy?

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