lad

noun

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1
as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad

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as in guy
an adult male human being pass me another beer—will you, lad?

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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lad. Accessed 5 Feb. 2023.

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