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Life was hard when I was a lad.
Well, lad, I hope you won't make the same mistake again!
He's a good lad at heart.
They can't treat us like that, can they, lads?!
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The singer voices himself in this biopic, while the motion capture actor Jonno Davies plays him as a British lad with the face of (no joke) a CGI monkey.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The Irish stout, known for its distinctive warm brown color, creamy foam head and unique method of being poured (a proper pint of Guinness takes 119.5 seconds to pour), has long been known as the drink of choice for rugby lads and men at the pub.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
In this case, that moment is February 1964, when four skinny lads from Liverpool came to America and — during a quick trip to New York City and Washington D.C. — inflamed a concentrated outbreak of Beatlemania into a global pandemic.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
The solution for the rest of the group — two tall lads, my tall female friend and myself, average height — was a log across the river.
—Teresa Grøtan (tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The Irish stout, known for its distinctive warm brown color, creamy foam head and unique method of being poured (a proper pint of Guinness takes 119.5 seconds to pour), has long been known as the drink of choice for rugby lads and men at the pub.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
In this case, that moment is February 1964, when four skinny lads from Liverpool came to America and — during a quick trip to New York City and Washington D.C. — inflamed a concentrated outbreak of Beatlemania into a global pandemic.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
The solution for the rest of the group — two tall lads, my tall female friend and myself, average height — was a log across the river.
—Teresa Grøtan (tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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: boy sense 1, youth
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