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Definition of Laddish
1. Adjective. (British) Like a stereotypical jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laddish
1. lad [adj] - See also: lad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laddish
Literary usage of Laddish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets by William Howitt (1847)
"He quickly mustered his laddish troop in a row, and said to me, ' There now, sir,
can you tell which is a Shakspeare ?' I glanced my eye along the line, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"At length the longed-for morning dawned, generally bright and sunny, as ever sung
of by the poets. livery lad, and many men with laddish hearts, ..."
3. Mary Howitt: An Autobiography by Mary Botham Howitt (1889)
"... of a mutton-chop or beefsteak in a Dutch-oven before the school fire, making
all our laddish mouths water by the most savoury odour which it diffused. ..."
4. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1868)
"Who has not sympathised with his laddish troubles, and listened with rapt attention
to the voice of destiny clanging forth from the bells of Bow ? ..."
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