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lasses

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plural of lass

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. —

Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026 Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses! —

Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025

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The shift places a heavier burden on women and girls who end up spending hours each day hunting for fuel, limiting their time for work or school, said Neha Saigal, a consultant with the environmental and social justice startup Asar Social Impact Advisors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the course of the past year, Texas state lawmakers have been investigating the fatal July 4, 2025, floods that claimed over 130 lives, including those of 27 young girls at a Central Texas summer camp.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026