Paddington Fair Day (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Paddington Fair Day

An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

To Pad the Hoof * Paddy

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Packet
Packthread
Pad
Pad Borrowers
To Pad the Hoof
Paddington Fair Day
Paddy
Painter
Pair of Wings
To Palaver
Palliards
Pall
Pam
Pannam
Pannier Man
Panny