lad
Example Sentences
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“You can go anywhere in the house, and anywhere out toward the road. But there’s a condition your father insisted on. You don’t go near the top of the hill. D’you understand, lad?”
From Literature
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“Well, right now I’m not a lad; I’m a locksmith. This is my shop.”
From Literature
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"I spoke to Sander, my good friend, and I spoke to the manager, and he explained what the system's like, and how the lads are, and how the club is," Bobb said.
From BBC
"They've let three lads out on similar appeals at similar ages, and we think that these five men might be able to fit into those chinks, and they might broaden them," she said.
From BBC
"I'm 32 now so passing on real-life experience in the professional games to these young lads will be massive," he says.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.