the lads

lad | American Dictionary

lad
noun[ C ]
 datedus/læd/
a boy or young man

Examples of lad

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The master reaches for his pocket, ready to reward the useful lad with a gift of money.
Her grandfather is said to have gone out with the two lads (line 317).
The lad, nothing loath, would declaim before them, more often than not in a mock heroic strain that greatly delighted his workmates.
In the absence of proper attachments, young lads simply held the pieces to be machined.
Going to sea was also a great adventure for a young lad.
When it concerned lads and maids under the age of 15, wages were paid to the father, but otherwise to the servant him/herself.
I'll be putting the lad through three years at university.
In the words of one witness, the lad and his gang 'exercised a veritable terror on the neighbourhood'.
But that lad was born just after war.
Looted already, the lads before me.
Invariably the craftsmen were accompanied by an assistant, variously referred to as a man, fellow, mate, lad, but only in a couple of instances as an apprentice.
All kinds of efforts were directed towards getting something done for the lads overseas.
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