Meaning & use
Laddie
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An informal, often affectionate term for a boy or young man, especially in Scottish or northern English speech.
See it in a sentence
Come here, laddie, and give me a hand with this.
The old coach still calls all his young players "laddie."
A note on using this word
"Laddie" is a diminutive form of "lad," formed with the affectionate "-ie" suffix common in Scots English.
Words with a similar meaning
ladboy
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Words with an opposite meaning
lassie
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