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lassie

noun

ˈla-sē

Definition of lassie

as in girl

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood a pretty young lassie of 16 years

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Recent Examples of lassie This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration. — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024 Here’s your chance, lads and lassies, to snap up a historic home in Scotland from one of the United States’ most beloved musicians. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023 In return for wealth for her family, our lassie agrees to live with the White Bear in his palace. — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 12 Sep. 2021

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And if that happened to me as a person who had worked in the industry for 15 years at that point, what’s happening to other girls who want to learn how to play bass, who live in Idaho, who don’t even have access to instruments?

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2026
Their daughter, Josephine, attended a Catholic girls’ school in the Maryland suburbs, and then, like her father, went to Harvard; their son, John, attended a boarding school in Connecticut, and then the University of Miami.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of girl

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The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of lass

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The Alcibiades and Jessamine are also worth watching because both are for two-year-old fillies, meaning the field is making its first serious appearance on a big stage.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Later, three-year-old fillies take center stage in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes on the inner turf course before the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes headlines the card.

— Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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