PAD THE HOOF, to walk, not ride; “PADDING THE HOOF on the high toby,”
tramping or walking on the high road.
“Trudge, plod away o’ the hoof.”
_Merry Wives_, i., 3.
PADDING KENS, or CRIBS, tramps’ and boys’ lodging houses.
PADDLE, to go or run away.—_Household Words_, No. 183.
PADDY, PAT, or PADDY WHACK, an Irishman.
“I’m PADDY WHACK, from Bally hack,
Not long ago turned soldier;
In storm and sack, in front attack,
None other can be boulder.”
_Irish Song._