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Discover LudwigThe word "lass" is correct and usable in written English, particularly in British or Scottish contexts
It is often used to refer to a young girl or woman. Example: "The lass at the café served the best coffee in town." Alternatives include "girl" or "young woman."
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lass
noun
A young woman or girl.
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Then the moment the very sweet lass behind the counter asked "may I help you?" I looked at the pictures of various food-style substances, the smell of cooking fat drifted into my nostrils, and I had to turn and walk out.
Kelly, whose inner ear is listening to the music to which he had danced with a Scottish lass (Cyd Charisse), doesn't hear a word the self-absorbed Stewart is saying.
But before journalism gets on its high horse over sexism, look too at the Telegraph website where the assistant comment editor Lucy Jones posted a picture of Labour MPs behind Ed Miliband at prime ministers questions and asking the question "Who is this busty lass?" with a red ring round the chest of one Labour MP.
TAKE the plot of "Jane Eyre" (rich man with issues falls for innocent young lass), strip away the introspection, add some S&M sex and you have "Fifty Shades of Grey".
It also has plenty of outdoor sculpture.Mr Goodnight co-founded SAS (it rhymes with "lass") in 1976 on the campus of North Carolina State University, where he was a faculty member, and where he hated having to pay every time he wanted a cup of coffee.
Secular and religious camps quarrelled over whether Joan of Arc was a saint or a canny country lass; republicans and monarchists wrangled over the relative merits or barbarity of the French revolution and the Ancien Régime; Marxists and non-Marxists differed on the influence of class.
A winsome young lass in a floppy hat, gazing soulfully to the horizon in a windblown field soft focus, in pastels.
For example, the famous Thomas Morley version of "It was a lover and his lass" is a very ungratefully arranged lute song.
"She's not a Wigan lass, so she doesn't understand football".
How was a beautiful American movie star going to portray a somewhat dowdy lass from Yorkshire?
The tragic lass was, however, braver than most in confronting her weaknesses head-on in her art, most notably in her signature song "Rehab", the anthem which went on to win the Grammy for Song of the Year.
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