LADDIE

cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy

(noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laddie (plural laddies)

(Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.

Anagrams

• adelid, daidle, dialed, dilead, ladied

Source: Wiktionary


Lad"die, n.

Definition: A lad; a male sweetheart. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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