Lexicographical Neighbors of Lassock
| lasks lasque lasques last(a) |
Literary usage of Lassock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A fondling term, S. It has been observed that the S. has often three degrees of
diminution, as besides Lassie, lassock is used for a little girl, ..."
2. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"I wadna for ever sae muckle that even the lassock Mattie kend ony thing about it.
... Besides," as he always concluded, " Mattie was nae ordinary lassock- ..."
3. Life Studies of Character by John Kelso Hunter (1871)
"I thought poetry about her, though I cou'dna express't ; and, man, it sae turned
out that the lassock took a sair fit, and she was sae lame that she wasna ..."
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