When I lived in Wales many years ago, I came across many people who would say the word "landed" in a sense that I've never heard or seen elsewhere since. As an example, a parent of a child would say "Peter has been given a new toy train for Christmas. He's landed with it". The word "landed" was synonymous with "delighted" or "chuffed".
Has anyone else come across this usage? I really don't think it's exclusive to Wales. I've checked a number of online dictionaries for this usage including the OED online but I can find no such definition anywhere. Yesterday, my daughter's 25 year old boyfriend used the word, so it can't be that uncommon.
Commonly used here (NE) to mean taking responsibility for something not particularly welcome, as in, "They've gone away on holiday so I have been landed with the dog for a fortnight".
Yes, all these uses of the word are well documented and cited in the OED. Thank you all for your help.
All the same, i've yet to find the word used in the context I mentioned.
It's all very strange but it clearly shall remain destined to be one of those great mysteries of the English language.
Thank you both Buenchico and theshedman. I suspected it might be regional to Wales but I'm pleased to see the word is used in the said context in Northern Ireland too.
Thank you siva. I'm all too familiar with the words usage in the context that you mentioned along with the majority of other suggestions made. The Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries discuss the use of the word in all these contexts.
I was seeking confirmation that the word is used elsewhere in the UK and might be defined as meaning "chuffed" or similar in certain other areas too. Dictionaries are leaving me down over this and I've read every definition of "landed" i can find to no avail.
> "Peter has been given a new toy train for Christmas. He's landed with it"
My understanding is that that would mean "lumbered", the very opposite of delighted. Perhaps this is another one of those words, like "sick", that starts off meaning one thing and ends up meaning the opposite, or both the original and the opposite.