noun
- plural of lassie; young women or girls
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English
Examples
- The lassies from the village gathered at the festival.
- Those bonny lassies sang traditional Scottish songs.
- The old man told stories to the local lassies.
- All the lassies wore their finest dresses to the dance.
- The lassies helped their mothers with the harvest.
- Young lassies often worked in the textile mills.