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单词 currency lass
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Definition of currency lass in English:

currency lass

noun
Australian dated
  • A native-born Australian woman, as distinct from an immigrant.

    the currency lass can wield a pen as well as the currency lad can shoulder a rifle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The book is dedicated to the memory of my mother—a currency lass.
    • It was a great day for the currency lass, as he insisted upon calling her.
    • The lighthearted story concerns a rich uncle who mistakenly believes that his nephew is going to marry a 'native' girl when the lad is in fact to marry a currency lass.
    • They were fine women, the first currency lasses—and they have not deteriorated.
    • Our currency lass was a rare delicacy to his rather epicurean taste in womankind.
    • Sally be a proper currency lass—she was born in the country.
    • The currency lass was the subject of Edward Geoghegan's musical comedy of 1844.
    • The currency lass rejoiced in a black doll with bead eyes.
    • There was a sense that the currency lasses and lads, the new breed, were gradually prevailing over the Tory dinosaurs and their descendants.
    • The currency lads may fill their glasses, and drink to the health of the currency lasses.
 
 
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