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
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But there's none on in the spring of the year. We've had a lot of laughs at lads who come and give it a hand to tap. |
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No, a young lad brought them back in the trunk of his car and he says, "I didn't take them but I'm returning them." And I said, "That's okay, that's okay." |
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nd my grandfather was, ah, McGee was a fiddle player so, ah, I know he went a lot of the- the- the dances and that sort of thing to play so you're probably right, it probably was mostly local talent although as a young lad you wouldn't pay much attention to that, eh, as who they were. |
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Just to- well, I guess when I was- before I was born or a little wee lad, it was a- a dug- I guess you call it a dug well down below the house. |
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The Ottawa-Valley suits them to a T. Though, our concept of religious rights means not a thing to these lad, honorary pall-bearer, they'll be glad to be for me. |
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Ah, some of the seniors would, ah, have to, ah- I think they actually paid- each year we'd switch around but it was usually some- mostly like be a lad or-something that was close by. |
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But ah, he wasn't a bad lad, I guess, he- he wanted you to learn for sure, but ah… |
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Oh, that was ideal because the- usually the ladies tried to see how much a young lad could eat. |
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And- and this- I wouldn't mention, I- I wouldn't put a name into this lad that done it but he's- the music teacher was there and- and a normal teacher was there and he- a little weird- what was left of an eraser, he stuck it up his nose. |
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Oh he was a good lad, yeah. Just he didn't- he couldn't talk. But that's… |
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Well, one lad said, "If you can't buy it in Galbraith's store, you probably won't get it in Almonte either." |
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...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... |
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...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... |
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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. |
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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. |
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