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laddies

laddies is the plural of laddie.

laddies is the plural of laddy.

Meaning of laddie

Noun

laddie (plural laddies)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) A small boy.

Proper noun capitalized: Laddies

Laddies

  1. (UK, slang) Ladbrokes, a British-based betting and gambling company.
    • If Laddies are opening a new betting shop and get McCririck to cut the ribbon, thousands of people will turn up.2006, michael adams, “Re: The fat oaf”, in uk.sport.horseracing (Usenet)
    • My deal with Laddies had been signed long before betting opened on the Masterclassics.2009, Roy Brindley, Life's a Gamble, page 218

Origin of laddies

Diminutive with -ie.

Phrases with laddies

Questions about laddies

What does laddies mean?
Laddies means ladbrokes, a British-based betting and gambling company.
What is laddies the plural of?
Laddies is the plural of laddie.
What part of speech is laddies?
Laddies is a proper noun.

Words near laddies in the dictionary

  1. laddess
  2. laddesses
  3. laddette
  4. laddettes
  5. laddie
  6. laddies
  7. laddish
  8. laddishly
  9. laddishness
  10. laddism
  11. laddock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laddies (page history and authors); Laddies (page history and authors); laddie (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.

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