Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
currency lass
An Australian-born woman in the early colonial period.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “currency lass” means an Australian-born woman in the early colonial period.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre documents currency lass from the 1820s as the female counterpart to currency lad.
- Initial era
- 1800–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established