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lass

  [las]
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–noun
1. a girl or young woman, esp. one who is unmarried.
2. a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME las, lasse, of uncert. orig.
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lass   (lās)   
n.  

  1. A girl or young woman.

  2. A sweetheart.


[Middle English las, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

lass 
c.1300, from a Scandinavian source, probably akin to O.Swed. løsk kona "unmarried woman," but also perhaps related to O.N. loskr "idle, weak," W.Fris. lask "light, thin." "Used now only of mean girls" [Johnson, who also has lasslorn "forsaken by his mistress"]. Scottish dim. lassie first recorded 1725.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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