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Definition of Lassie

1. Noun. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.

Definition of Lassie

1. n. A young girl; a lass.

Definition of Lassie

1. Proper noun. A name given to female dogs. ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly Scotland Northern England Geordie Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lassie

1. a lass [n -S] - See also: lass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lassie

Literary usage of Lassie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. My Lord a-hunting t My love she's but a lassie yet, . S. My love she's but t Wi' her the lassie dear to me, . . S. Now bank and brae t Can please a ..."

2. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie, What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man ? Bad luck on the penny that tempted my ..."

3. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"Chorus—O that's the lassie o' my heart, My lassie ever dearer; ... If thou shalt meet a lassie, In grace and beauty charming, That e'en thy chosen lassie, ..."

4. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"O lassie AYONT THE HILL IO lassie ayont the hill! Come ower the tap o' the hill, Or roun' the neuk o' the hill, For 1 want ye sair the nicht, ..."

5. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"O lassie AYONT THE HILL. O lassie ayont the hill! Come ower the tap o' the hill, Or roun' the neuk o' the hill, For I want ye sair the nicht, I'm needin' ye ..."

6. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"THIS 1s NO MY AIN lassie. Tune—' This is no my ain House.' This is no my ain lassie, Fair tho' the lassie be; Weel ken I my ain lassie, Kind love is in her ..."

7. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"Faint the rose is on thy cheek, But still the rose U there, lassie' Away, ... Heaven could ne'er allow, lassie! Day and night I've tended thee, Watching, ..."

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