as in girls
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 lasses
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.
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasses
Noun
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The lawsuit alleges that DSHS had licensed Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp at the edge of the Guadalupe River, despite the camp not having an evacuation plan as required by the state and camp safety rules.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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There were eight victims — seven girls and one boy.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Thurby, a celebration of Kentucky’s heritage featuring live entertainment; and the Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies (female horses).—
Chase Jordan
February 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Lasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasses. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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