Meaning of upon the pad | Babel Free

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Phrase. [C1]

Examples

“A rogue, a very caner I, sir, one that maunds upon the pad.”

“For Offences of this Nature, she was thrice burnt in the Hand, after which she marry'd one Humphry Jackson, a Butcher, who was taught by her to leave off his Trade, and go upon the Pad in the Day time, while she went upon the Buttock and Twang by Night;”

“But the one restraint was as irksome as the other, and Harry Simms abandoned the needle, as he had scorned the grammar, to go upon the pad.”

“Should our case be ne'er so bad, We will never be so mad As to go upon the pad Whilst our life endureth.”

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