P'S. To mind one's P's and Q's; to be attentive to the main chance. P---K. The virile member. PACKET. A false report. PACKTHREAD. To talk packthread; to use indecent language well wrapt up. PAD. The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go out in order to commit a robbery. PAD BORROWERS. Horse stealers. PADDINGTON FAIR DAY. An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged. PADDY. The general name for an Irishman: being the abbreviation of Patrick, the name of the tutelar saint of that island. PAINTER. I'll cut your painter for you; I'll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fast to the ship. SEA TERM. PAIR OF WINGS. Oars. CANT.
Based on the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence by Francis Grose published originally in 1811
