laddock

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English

Etymology

From lad +‎ -ock (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

laddock (plural laddocks)

  1. (rare, chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A little lad; laddie
    • 1925, George Ratcliffe Woodward, Domestica:
      Thereon he left the spinster, blest With guineas, birth and paddocks; For why him thought the counsel best Propounded by the laddocks.

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