laddie

[ lad-ee ]

/ ˈlæd i /

noun Chiefly Scot.

a young lad; boy.

Words nearby laddie

ladder tournament, ladder track, ladder truck, ladderman, ladderway, laddie, laddish, lade, laden, ladette, ladies

Origin of laddie

First recorded in 1540–50; lad + -ie

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Examples from the Web for laddie

She kens Laddie didna bring us out in the snaw for naething.'
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 705, June 30, 1877|Various
Laddie, aged eleven, do you remember how you studied and recited "King Henry of Navarre" every poetry hour for a year?
Poems Every Child Should Know|Various
Vi and Margy shouted to him that he would be drowned; and Laddie said something more about sharks.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
Zip rushed at her so fast that he banged the cart against a tree, and turned it over on its side, spilling out Russ and Laddie.
Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's|Laura Lee Hope

Russ and Laddie, riding in their soap-box dog-cart, came along the public road.
Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's|Laura Lee Hope

British Dictionary definitions for laddie

laddie

/ (ˈlædɪ) /

noun

mainly Scot a familiar term for a male, esp a young man; lad

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