A boy, youth; a young man, young fellow. Also, in the diction of pastoral poetry, used to denote ‘a young shepherd’. In wider sense applied familiarly or endearingly (sometimes ironically) to a male person of any age, esp. in the form of address my lad
Example | Meaning |
So they've been really good friends sorta and then Trevor come along and of-course Evan took over with Trevor, so Trevor's just been with Evan so much that he just wanted to be an O-P-P, that's all there is to it. So and I-guess his young lad's going to be the same too. That young lad he's just- he's wants that too you-know. |
Boy |
So they've been really good friends sorta and then Trevor come along and of-course Evan took over with Trevor, so Trevor's just been with Evan so much that he just wanted to be an O-P-P, that's all there is to it. So and I-guess his young lad's going to be the same too. That young lad he's just- he's wants that too you-know. |
Boy |
Example | Meaning |
And then we bought a house right on the main street, and it was close to the highway and then some nights you couldn't sleep because all the young lads were tearing up and down. That's payback I guess. |
Boy |
Example | Meaning |
...we were going to get in the room alright, and along come this drunk, and he walked right into the room. Well you talk about a lad coming back out of there in a hurry. |
Boy |
And I looked and here's this fella walking in. Strapping big good looking lad, and all at once it hit me who he was. And I could-- and I was closer and just close as I am to you, and you-know I don't know why I didn't s-- you-know speak to him. And I- I'm surprised at him coming in there all alone. But anyhow he went over and they interviewed him there, that's the closest I got to him. |
Boy |
And they like venison they just love the- eat- he's eaten venison every time he comes in here "I had venison last night. We got some dandy's last year ho ho ho just big lads." And ah no if things you-know and they didn't get anything I would. |
Boy |
And when Ed was just a young lad him and Roy was great friends, and its just what I’ve seen rub off that Ed and- and Trevor now are great friends, so he talked to Trevor and-this, and I think it’s what got Trevor going into the police business so. |
Boy |
Because he said, "He'd a book there reading about Donald-Duck and these episodes up north." Just foolish things like that though, this fella name of Ed-Laker and he was an awful lad. |
Boy |
Just stay right on the- round and round. I used to- I used to go to Apsley in the winter time, ah one or two day's a week and I'd meet a couple of lads this here Clark-McMillar and another fella at what they call A-- Ann-Struther-Lake turn. |
Boy |
My brother-in-law he used to be great lad for reading, and ah this lad in Peterborough phoned, name of Laker, and he said- and this is the truth and I believe him he said, "I walked out in the afternoon." He said, "Left my watch." |
Boy |
No, no him and Earl Garner and another lad hunt by themselves, they're not that far away they wouldn't be any further than here to oh maybe Jack-and-Jill-Farms. Yeah. No trouble to walk. |
Boy |
Oh yeah. Yeah we had quite a few delivery boys, it was a fellow the name of Bob-Faust and he’d dead now. He died fairly young and ah but they were good lads. And who else? Oh there’s one lad I forget what his name was. I had about four different ones over a period of time you-know? |
Boy |
That was Capital-Theatre there and they were the two main ones. And the Region was kind-of a western, most people- or a lot of us lads right go to them western shows. |
Boy |