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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The kiddey clapped his persuaders to his prad but the traps boned him; the highwayman spurred his horse hard, but the officers seized him.
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
Prad, prad, n. a horse in thieves' cant.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
And yet again— “Coruncho Lopez, gallant lad, A smuggling he would ride; So stole his father’s ambling prad, And therefore to the galleys sad Coruncho now I guide.”
From Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland
His prad is becalmed; his horse knocked up.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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