| 单词 | highpad |
| 释义 | > as lemmashighpad highpad n. cant (now archaic or historical) †(a) a road, a highway; = pad n.3 1a; (obsolete rare); (b) a highwayman, esp. one on horseback; = high lawyer n. (opposed to low pad n. at low adj. and n.2 Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] streetOE wayOE gatec1175 roda1231 roddin1502 fare1509 highpad1567 pad1567 road1581 chimin1613 ribbon1923 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman routerc1300 malandryna1438 stradarolle1562 highpad1567 highway robber1577 way-beatera1586 lance-man1589 high lawyer1591 St. Nicholas' clerk1598 outrider1599 bidstand1600 land-pirate1608 highwayman1617 pad1652 knight of the road1665 rum-padder1665 paddist1671 rum pad1688 pad-thief1690 gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700 snaffler1728 gentleman1778 scamp1782 scampsman1799 bandolero1832 ladrone1832 Spring-heeled Jack1838 road agent1840 agent1876 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiii Nowe byng we a waste to the hygh pad the ruffmanes is by. 1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 77. 604 A Company of High Padds,..having an intention to rob a Kentish Farmer, made a counterfeit Warrant to search for John Lilburn. 1684 True Acct. Behaviour Abraham Bigs 2 He had been..Guilty of all manner of Offences as to Robery, except, that of the High-Pad. 1740 Poor Robin sig. C4v Sol Radix in Combustion with Mercury and Venus..portends great Danger to your Gallants of the High-pad, that some of them will end their Days by..the running Noose. 1785 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 42/2 The fair dealer is one who keeps the broad road, and robs without disguise. He is otherwise called high pad or highwayman. c1825 Mod. Flash Dict. High pads, thieves, or footpads, who rob on the highway, on foot, of the same class as scamps or spicers. 1842 P. Egan Capt. Macheath iii. 35 The High-pad quickly cut the farmer's towel in twain. 1949 P. C. Hoffman They also Serve iii. 20 In those days of highpads, footpads, and other spivs.., the tradesman lived above his shop. 2010 M. Nichols Viscount's Unconventional Bride (2011) ii. 45 I fear highpads are the scourge of travellers and one needs to defend oneself. < as lemmas |
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