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Lass

/læs/

A young woman or girl.

📖 Definitions of "Lass"

noun
  1. 1

    A young woman or girl.

    "Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!"

  2. 2

    (Mackem) A sweetheart.

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jeune fillenouna girl or young woman who is unmarried
lassienoun(chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
young girlnouna girl or young woman who is unmarried

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lassienoun(chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
jeune fillenouna girl or young woman who is unmarried
young girlnouna girl or young woman who is unmarried
girlnounA female child.
damselnounA girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
maidennoun(now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
maidnounA female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
sweetienoun(often as a term of address) A person who is much loved.
daughternounOne’s female offspring.
cutePossessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
cutienounA cute person or animal.
prettynounA pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
beautifulnounSomeone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
nicenounniceness.
lorn(archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
missnounA failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
blondienounA sweet, chewy, generally vanilla-flavoured and chocolate-free baked good: a blond-colored brownie.
galnoun(colloquial) A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang.
colleennounA female given name from English or Irish.
bonniest(Geordie) Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”). [Merry; happy.]

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