as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
she started riding on horseback when she was only a lass
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Recent Examples of lass
That's absolutely the wildest way to welcome a lass to your city.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Though… the promo for Episode 3 (watch below) suggests that Tula will attempt to being the lass back to life, through some verboten process.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
When Georgie makes some kind of mistake with her ingredients, this Welsh lass has had enough and the dragon within her comes roaring out.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The search for, and then bonding with, the young lass understandably got Gibbs reflecting on the tragic loss of his daughter Kelly, in the same car crash that killed his wife Shannon.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Though… the promo for Episode 3 (watch below) suggests that Tula will attempt to being the lass back to life, through some verboten process.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
When Georgie makes some kind of mistake with her ingredients, this Welsh lass has had enough and the dragon within her comes roaring out.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The search for, and then bonding with, the young lass understandably got Gibbs reflecting on the tragic loss of his daughter Kelly, in the same car crash that killed his wife Shannon.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lass
Noun
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The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Lass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lass. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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