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Definition of Lassies
1. lassie [n] - See also: lassie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lassies
| lasings lasiocampid lasiocampid moth lask lasket laskets lasks lasque lasques |
Literary usage of Lassies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"... and I within, Sae lang's I hae an auld clout To rowe ye in, to rowe ye in.
NEWS, lassies, NEWS THERE'S news, lassies, news, Gude news I've to tell! ..."
2. English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases by William Carew Hazlitt (1907)
"Lad's love is lassies' delight, and if lads won't love, lassies will flite.
Craven. Lad's Love has a double meaning, being one of the mimes of the ..."
3. Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough: With Twenty-six by John Bartholomew Gough (1870)
"... Orator "—Votes of Thanks—Introductions—The Scotch lassies—The Handkerchief—The
Broken Carriage Window—The Scotch Breakfast—A Run for the Train- ..."
4. The Song Play Book: Singing Games for Children by Mary (Wollaston) Wood, Mary A. Wollaston, Charles Ward Crampton (1917)
"Lads and lassies out a-walking, z. Lads and lassies home returning, Chanced one
day to meet; Gaily waved good-bye, First they bowed, then clasping hands, ..."
5. Poems by Samuel Barstow Sumner, Charles Allen Sumner (1877)
"WHAT wonder Scotia's lyric bard All lyric bards surpasses, Whose inspiration was
the glance Of Scotia's bonnie lassies. In Edinboro',—on the Clyde, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... to take fright, Ang. "I ken weel eneugh whet lassies like, an' win na tai Лед
although ye sid dort • hale ook." St. Kathleen, Ж 191. ..."
7. The Cruise of the Betsey: Or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous by Hugh Miller (1860)
"... his Expedition to Scotland — His Death—Removal of his Remains to Norway —Why
Norwegian Invasion ceased — Straw-plaiting — The lassies of Orkney — Orkney ..."
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