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a Jack the Lad  (British informal, old-fashioned)
a confident and not very serious young man who behaves as he wants to without thinking about other people Three children with three different women? Well, he always was a bit of a Jack the Lad.
See before can say Jack Robinson
See also: jack

one of the lads  (British & Australian informal) also one of the boys (American informal)

someone who is accepted as part of a group of male friends who all have similar ideas and interests Greene, although not one of the lads, is popular with most of them.
See also: one


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