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# lassie

«lassie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or young woman** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lassie, lassies); name (Lassie)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Scotland, Northern England, informal) A lassie is a girl or young woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#m1)

2) (a name) Lassie is a famous brave collie dog in books, films and TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and songs from Scotland; in everyday Scottish talk («a wee lassie»); in films, Lassie the dog rescues people; related: lass, laddie, lad.

### examples

- The wee lassie was playing on the beach (Scotland). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#x1)
- «Come here, lassie!» called her granny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#x2)
- Lassie the collie always saves the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#x3)
- The laddies and lassies danced at the ceilidh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#x4)
- She's a fine lassie, that one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/#x5)

### note

Informal, Scottish. Masculine: «laddie» or «lad». Shorter form: «lass».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lassie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lassie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.