buffer lass

noun

A young woman employed at a factory cleaning and polishing cutlery.

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Meanings

nounbuffer lass (plural buffer lasses)

plural buffer lasses

  1. UKobsoleteA young woman employed at a factory cleaning and polishing cutlery.

Origin

See buff (“to polish”).

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APA

buffer lass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffer%20lass

MLA

“buffer lass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffer%20lass. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffer lass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffer%20lass.

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