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单词 rum-padder
释义

rum-paddern.

Brit. /ˈrʌmˌpadə/, U.S. /ˈrəmˌpædər/
Forms: see rum adj.1 and padder n.1; also 1600s rom padder.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rum pad n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rum pad n. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier padder n.1 and later rum pad n. 2.
A highwayman; esp. a well-equipped one. Now archaic.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman
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way-beatera1586
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bidstand1600
land-pirate1608
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knight of the road1665
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paddist1671
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pad-thief1690
gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700
snaffler1728
gentleman1778
scamp1782
scampsman1799
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Spring-heeled Jack1838
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1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. iv. 34 Rom-padders, High-way-men.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. at Whit As five Rum padders are rub'd in the darkmans out of the Whit, and are pik'd into the Deuseavile.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rum-padders, the better sort of Highway-men well Mounted and Armed.
1813 D. W. Paynter Godfrey Ranger III. iii. 37 This fellerd has something in his face that doesn't please me over well. He looks plaguily like a rum-padder.
1870 All Year Round 5 Mar. 322/1 The highwaymen they would find inside, befouled, and fettered, and considerably chopfallen, were rum-padders (the road itself on which they performed their exploits being the pad).
1991 P. C. Wrede Mairelon Magician xx. 204 ‘We got the rum padder, Mr. Laverham,’ Jack panted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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