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Meanings of bad lad in English

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Usage of bad lad in English
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He's not a bad lad, but-what'sthe current buzz word?-findinghimself.
Priest
2
He wasn't a bad lad, he just needed some stability.
The Guardian
3
I don't fancy he's a bad lad at all.
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
4
Cipriani has never been a bad lad, just the type who occasionally needs saving from himself.
The Guardian
5
He's not a bad lad, really.
Another life altogether: a novel
6
Let me never hear you tell another, you bad lad, for God will not take you to heaven.'
The Gipsies' Advocate / Or, Observations on the Origin, Characte...
7
When Rhona first took up with him-shewas fifteen and he was seventeen- Ihadsome folk telling me he wasn't a bad lad really.
Career of Evil
8
The quintet are a random bunch of teen types: the town's bad lad, the posho, the giddy blonde, the slightly goth girl and the geek.
The Irish Times
9
They're not such bad lads, really, but their work's a bit sloppy.
Shadow prowler
10
Here's a story about bad lads and Leicester City.
The Irish Times
11
Full of hoodlums and thugs and other bad lads.
The Long War
12
He used to be in the orderly room every week- abadlad was poor old Armstrong.
From Aldershot to Pretoria / A Story of Christian Work among Our...
13
'Niran isn't a bad lad,' Sigrídur said, 'but I know Sunee's worried about him.
Arctic chill
14
'Well, you're not a bad lad, though inconstant.
In the Roaring Fifties
15
'You're a bad lad, John Allday!'
For my Country’s Freedom
16
"Been a bad lad, have you?" And laughed.
In the King's name
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