A Scottish term for a stupid boy or foolish young man — but with the interesting secondary sense of someone who plays the fool deliberately to avoid responsibility or to gain advantage. The daft laddie persona is a recurring archetype in Scottish folklore and humour: the apparent simpleton who turns out to be shrewder than he lets on.
Everyone thought he was a daft laddie until he outsmarted the whole lot of them.
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A stupid person.
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A person feigning stupidity.
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