Fictional dog (3 letters)

{ Answer }

LAD

{ Related Clues }

Boy
Boyo
Schoolboy
Stripling
Dad, once
Housman's "A Shropshire ___"
Little shaver
Terhune canine
Terhune dog
Young chap
Young fellow
Bar mitzvah, e.g.
Cub scout, say
Horatio Alger sort
"And many a lightfoot ___": Housman
Terhune title character
Pip of "Great Expectations," e.g.

{ Tags }

boy, bucko, canine, chap, dog, eg, fellow, housman, housmans, lad, little, man, shaver, shropshire, sonny, stripling, terhune, un, young, youngster, youth

{ Notes }

The answer LAD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

LAD as a noun:

1. (chap, fellow, feller, lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss) = a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"

2. (cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy) = a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)