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P. P. . an expression much in use among racing men, which means play or pay, _i.e._, either go on with the arrangement or forfeit the money. The following is a law of the turf on the subject:—
Pack . to go away; “now, then, PACK off there,” _i.e._, be off, don’t stop here any longer.—_Old._ “Make speede to flee, be PACKING awaie.”—_Baret’s Alvearie_, 1580. Contraction of “PACK up and be off.” Sometimes the term “sent PACKING” is used to indicate a sudden discharge, as of a servant or mistress.
Packets . hoaxing lies. Sometimes used as an exclamation of incredulity.—_North._
Pad . “to stand PAD,” to beg with a small piece of paper pinned on the breast, inscribed, “I am starving.”
Pad . the highway; also a tramp or itinerant musician.
Pad the hoof . to walk; “PADDING THE HOOF, on the high toby,” tramping or walking on the high road.
Padding . the light articles in the monthly magazines, of which the serial stories are the main attraction. Publishers of magazines seem to think that if they get a serial story from a popular novelist they can pack any amount of rubbish into the remaining pages. This is not so in America, as magazines like the _Atlantic Monthly_ and the _Overland Monthly_ show.
Padding-ken . or CRIB, tramps’ and boys’ lodging-house.
Paddle . to go or run away.—_American._
Paddy . PAT, or PADDY WHACK, an Irishman. A nickname of PATRICK.
Paddy’s goose . the sign of the White Swan, a noted flash public-house in the east of London, supposed to be Paddy’s idea of a GOOSE.
Paddy’s land . “ould Ireland.”
Padre . a clergyman. From the Portuguese.
Pal . a partner, acquaintance, friend, an accomplice. _Gipsy_, a brother.
Palampo . a quilt or bed-cover. Probably from PALANPORE, a town in India, renowned for its manufacture of chintz counterpanes.—_Anglo-Indian._
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