prad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prad
1790–1800; metathetic variant of Dutch paard horse (cognate with German Pferd ) ≪ Late Latin paraverēdus post horse for lesser highways. See palfrey
Example Sentences
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He clapped his bleeders to his prad; be put spurs to his horse.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
With his lordship, like another great commander, "Once to be in doubt, was once to be resolved:" it would never do to go to the wars on a ricketty prad.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
The swell tipped me fifty quid for the prad; the gentleman gave fifty pounds for the horse.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A muleteer simply, sitting sideways on his prad, and leading a half-dozen mules laden with panniers in Indian file behind him.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
How can a cove stand talking in the street with his master's prad a wanting to be took to be rubbed down, and his master up to every individgle thing that happens!'
From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
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