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Definition of Padder
1. Noun. A highwayman who robs on foot.
Definition of Padder
1. n. One who, or that which, pads.
Definition of Padder
1. Noun. Agent noun of pad; one who pads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Padder
1. one that pads [n -S] - See also: pads
Lexicographical Neighbors of Padder
Literary usage of Padder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"Pack was also a name for a lewd or disorderly person, but generally applied to
the female sex. padder (from S. paad), a highwayman, one who robs on foot. ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"To PADDLE, pad'lvn To row, padder, pSd'-dur. f. A robber, a to beat water as with
oars ; to play in the water; to finger. ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Since the Ladder Has turn'd off many a handsom padder. 1708. ... The third was
a padder, that fell to decay, Who used for to plunder upon the highway. 1746. ..."
4. The Diary of Abraham De la Pryme, the Yorkshire Antiquary by Abraham De la Pryme, Charles Jackson (1870)
"So he took his advice, and going that way the padder went the other way, and
coming to the place where the highwayman should ride through a gapp into the ..."
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