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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The swell flashes a rum prad: the e gentleman sports a fine horse.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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 O'Shea, John Augustus
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 Dickens, Charles
Having lost the scent, he rode one day slick into a gardener's ground, when his prad rammed his hind-legs into a brace of hand-glasses, and his fore-legs into a tulip-bed.
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert
Prad, prad, n. a horse in thieves' cant.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
