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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The woman, Rita (Ester Kuntu), is meant to embody a certain Russian ideal: a buxom lass with heavy lipstick and a permanent scowl.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
Alma was a tall lass, and a stalwart lass, and calm.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
Well folks, this train is screaming down the tracks, and the momentum is due to the Bay Area’s lovely lasses.
—al, 16 Feb. 2023
Once a pony time, there lived in Philly-delphia a coltish, stag-geringly beautiful lass named Whinny, who wore a ponytail and horsed around with her family and friends.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
Alma was a tall lass, and a stalwart lass, and calm.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
Well folks, this train is screaming down the tracks, and the momentum is due to the Bay Area’s lovely lasses.
—al, 16 Feb. 2023
Once a pony time, there lived in Philly-delphia a coltish, stag-geringly beautiful lass named Whinny, who wore a ponytail and horsed around with her family and friends.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
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“Lass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lass. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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