1776,John Woolman, chapter XI, inA Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman,[…][1], Dublin: Printed by R. Jackson,page209:
How great is that danger, to which poorlads are now exposed, when placedon shipboard to learn the art of sailing! Fivelads, training up for the seas, were now on board this ship;[…]
1850,T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, inSketches of Life and Character[2], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley,→OCLC,page70:
Thelad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."
— Thelad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
1995 May 5, Graham Linehan, Arthur Matthews, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, inFather Ted:
Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man! Mrs Sheridan: And he got hislad out.
2007, anonymous author, translated by Ciaran Carson,The Táin,→ISBN, page175:
And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his longlad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
2010, Loucinda McGary,The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic,→ISBN, page11:
Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made hislad twitch with anticipation.
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Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “lad”, inNewcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group[4], archived fromthe original on5 September 2024.
“Lad”, inPalgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group[5], archived fromthe original on5 September 2024, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave,A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham[…] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for theEnglish Dialect Society by Henry Frowde,Oxford University Press, 1896,→OCLC.
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
