fellow-me-lad
fellow-me-lad noun: a young man.
Noun
fellow-me-lad (plural fellow-me-lads)
- 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."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- 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.1917, Bartimeus (Lewis Anselm da Costa), The Long Trick
Examples of fellow-me-lad in a sentence
- "Why did you leave Zakhar, my handsome fellow-me-lad?" he asked Fiodor, his grey eyebrows rising and falling on his forehead.1983, Mikhail Sholokhov, H C Stevens, Tales from the Don:
- Then the captain said, "And just what d'you know of Lord Rothbury, fellow-me-lad?" "I told you.1998, Jane Feather, The Hostage Bride:
Forms of fellow-me-lad
| plural | fellow-me-lads |
|---|
Questions about fellow-me-lad
- What does fellow-me-lad mean?
- Fellow-me-lad means a young man.
- How do you use fellow-me-lad in a sentence?
- "Why did you leave Zakhar, my handsome fellow-me-lad?" he asked Fiodor, his grey eyebrows rising and falling on his forehead.
- What part of speech is fellow-me-lad?
- Fellow-me-lad is a noun.
- What is the plural of fellow-me-lad?
- The plural of fellow-me-lad is fellow-me-lads.
Words near fellow-me-lad in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fellow-me-lad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “fellow-me-lad.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/fellow-me-lad. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.