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 |
Oh he was a good lad, yeah. Just he didn't- he couldn't talk. But that's… |
Boy |
Well, one lad said, "If you can't buy it in Galbraith's store, you probably won't get it in Almonte either." |
Boy |
| Example | Meaning |
...the young lads um decided they'd do it again. But somebody must h-- tipped him off or he was just- wasn't prepared to have that happen again and ah, the young lad lived on the shore of Hornes-Lake over there and his parents went up to the neighbours to play cards and they were supposed to be in bed and they were seventeen, eighteen years old and ah, the young lad ah they bailed out of bed after the parents left... |
Boy |
...the young lads um decided they'd do it again. But somebody must h-- tipped him off or he was just- wasn't prepared to have that happen again and ah, the young lad lived on the shore of Hornes-Lake over there and his parents went up to the neighbours to play cards and they were supposed to be in bed and they were seventeen, eighteen years old and ah, the young lad ah they bailed out of bed after the parents left... |
Boy |
And the lad from Hopetown that lived out there, then him and I grabbed the saws (inc) and ah, we came second. And them old lads still beat us and they were thirty, forty years older than we were. |
Boy |
He- they young lad was entering his property without permission and so Barns wasn't charged with anything. But that seems to be where people quit talking about the story. |
Boy |
