Lad vs Lid - What's the difference?
lad | lid |
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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The top or cover of a container.
(lb) A cap or hat.
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(lb) One ounce of cannabis.
A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
*2001 ,
*:Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
*2003 August,
*:the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders
(lb) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
(lb) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
(lb) Eyelid.
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*:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
To put a lid on something.
As nouns the difference between lad and lid
is that lad is a boy or young man while lid is the top or cover of a container.As a verb lid is
to put a lid on something.lad
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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
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