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lassie

noun
/ˈlæsi/

Etymology

From lass + -ie.

  1. derived from lǫskr — “unmarried”
  2. inherited from las
  3. suffixed as lassie — “lass + ie”

Definitions

  1. A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.

    • I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.
    • She was caught in this git-a-man, git-a-bairn, git-a-hoose shite that lassies git drummed intae them, and hud nae real chance ay defining hersel ootside ay they mashed-tattie-fir-brains terms ay reference.

  2. A name given to female dogs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA