1
: a young woman : girl
a Scottish lass
2
: sweetheart
the young hero of the story … and his lass—
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Examples of lass in a Sentence
she's only a gawky lass now, but she'll be a beautiful woman some day
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There’s no need to sing a song of a lass that is gone.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
That's absolutely the wildest way to welcome a lass to your city.
—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
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Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
That's absolutely the wildest way to welcome a lass to your city.
—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
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“Lass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lass. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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