He joined his father's Business in 1972 when he was a mere 18 year old lad.

"A mere lad but no less dubious for all that."

His heir apparent was Gerrit, a mere lad of seven.

Seen at close range, this proved to be a mere lad, looking no more than nine or ten years old.

Yet he was a mere lad, and a rather frail and scrawny one at that.

We've seen with our own eyes that you're a worthy champion, even if you do seem a mere lad.

It was a subject he couldn't air to any Roman save this one, a mere lad who thought of him as a father.

Antonius is beside himself with rage at being cut out of the will, especially by a mere lad.

When a mere lad he was apprenticed to a weaver.