lasses

Girls, in Scotland

Lasses is the plural of lass, a word for girls or young women.

The term is chiefly Scottish, Irish, and Northern English: The lasses gathered at the pub after work.

It pairs naturally with lads in casual reference to groups of young people: The lads and lasses were out celebrating.

girls

maidens

Unmarried young women

colleens · daughters · teenagers · adolescents · schoolgirls · debutantes · ingenues · fillies · chits · wenches

scottish

highland

Elevated, mountainous land

tartan · heather · croft · kirk · braw · clan · loch · kilt · ceilidh · auld

romantic

sweetheart

Affectionate name for beloved

courting · wooing · admirer · suitor · betrothed · love interest · paramour · beau · truelove · fancy

Categories
Opposites
gender

lasseslads

Informal term for boys

boys · fellows · chaps · blokes · laddies

age

lassesold women

Aged female persons

crones · matrons · grandmothers · dowagers · old maids

Phrases
Family

lasso, lass, lassie, lassoes, lassoed, lassoing, lassies

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