laddie

[ lad-ee ]

/ ˈlæd i /

a young lad; boy.

Origin of laddie

First recorded in 1540–50; lad + -ie

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

laddie

/ (ˈlædɪ) /

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