"lasslorn" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: lass + lorn Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lass|lorn}} lass + lorn Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lasslorn (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Forsaken by one's lass or mistress. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-lasslorn-en-adj-96HNPlqj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "1845, George M. Horton, “To Miss Tempe” in The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, Hillsborough, North Carolina: D. Heartt, p. 91,\nBless’d hope, when Tempe takes her last long flight,\nAnd leaves her lass-lorn lover to complain,\nLike Luna mantling o’er the brow of night,\nThy glowing wing dispels the gloom of pain."
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