fellow-me-lad

noun

Definitions

  1. A young man.

    • "Well," said he, at last, "we've gone and done it, young fellah my lad." (This curious phrase he pronounced as if it were all one word - "young-fellah-me-lad.") "Yes, we've taken a jump, you an' me."
    • 1917, Bartimeus (Lewis Anselm da Costa), The Long Trick Lor'! it does me good to see all you young fellow-me-lads turning up here bright and early with the roses in your cheeks.
    • "Why did you leave Zakhar, my handsome fellow-me-lad?" he asked Fiodor, his grey eyebrows rising and falling on his forehead.

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