laddon.
/ˈladəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlædoʊ/, Irish English /ˈlædoʊ/ colloquial (originally Irish English).
Lad, boy.
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1870 G. M. Hopkins Jrnl. (1937) 133 Irish expressions..Boyo, Lado = Boy and a half, [etc.].
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 404 Sure, he's lightseyes, the laddo!
1968 J. Wainwright Edge of Extinction 57 She's..out of range. The laddoes at the Kremlin'll know that.
1970 R. Hill Clubbable Woman v. 140 Your intruders'll all turn out to be like that laddo last night.
1973 R. Hill Ruling Passion ii. vi. 125 You're not seriously suggesting that Lewis wasn't killed by laddo, but by someone else.
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