Jack-the-lad

British  

noun

1. slang a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off

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Example Sentences

He was lukewarm about the production, and the British actor, who he said was "a perfectly OK Jack-the-lad Romeo".

From BBC

Marvin was singing from the perspective of a singer on the road, a love ’em and leave ’em, Jack-the-lad type.

From The Guardian

"I was always trying to be the best and be seen as a jack-the-lad... because I was always hiding something, I could never ever let my defenses down," she says in a calm and soft-spoken manner that belies her previous life as Frank.

From Reuters

“They basically co-opted working-class Jack-the-lad and made it a middle-class form of ironic enjoyment. “But what makes the lad of today fascinating is the internet,” Young continues.

From The Guardian

Buy the DVD The set-up is simple: charming Jack-the-lad turf accountant wanders back into the life of advertising secretary Penny Warrender, having jilted her at the altar five years previously.

From The Guardian