Lad vs Clad - What's the difference?
lad | clad |
A boy or young man.
(British) A jack the lad; a boyo.
A familiar term of address for a young man.
A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad ).
(Ireland) The penis.
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To clothe.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
To cover with insulation.
(clad)
(archaic) (clothe)
As a noun lad
is lady.As a verb clad is
to clothe.lad
English
Noun
(en noun)- I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.References
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*lad] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
* * * ----clad
English
Verb
- The horse was clad with its best blanket.
- But what interested me most was the slender figure of a dainty girl, clad only in a thin bit of muslin which scarce covered her knees--a bit of muslin torn and ragged about the lower hem.