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Definition of Padders
1. padder [n] - See also: padder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Padders
Literary usage of Padders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Cambridge, England) (1899)
"I had the honour at a meeting of the Society on November 31889, to trace the "Great
Fen Road and its path to the I now treat of "The padders' Way and its ..."
2. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"PADDER (from S. paad), a highwayman, one who robs on foot. Are they padders or
... Spurr'd as jockies use to break, Ot padders to secure a neck. ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Are they padders or Abram-men that are your consorts ? 1668. ... He spurr'd as
jockies use to break, Or padders to secure a raik. 1680. ..."
4. Hudibras by Samuel Butler, Zachary Grey, Treadway Russell Nash (1892)
"... with equal haste, On both sides laid about as fast, 1600 And spurr'd, as
jockies use, to break, Where let us leave 'em for a time, Or padders to secure, ..."
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