prad slang (now chiefly Austral.).
(præd)
[By metathesis from Du. paard a horse:—late L. paraverēdus (see palfrey).]
A horse.
| 1798 Tufts Gloss. Thieves' Jargon, Prad-holder, a bridle. 1799 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. III. 352 Met Bob Blunderbuss and Ben Bounce, going out on their prads. 1838 Dickens O. Twist xxxi, He's in the gig, a-minding the prad. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 10/2 He blew on Sam who frisked a lobb and the same day came it on Joe for fencing the prad got on the cross. 1895 Marriott Watson in New Rev. July 9 Creech..swerved..and ran his mare full face upon the struggling prads. 1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 27 'E sits there while I 'arness up me prad. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Sept. 21/2 Our packhorses snorted suspiciously... The prads watched, all prick ears and snorts as the axe bit into the tree. 1933 Ibid. 27 Dec. 20 When it [sc. the rope] broke, the astonished prad plunged suddenly into the dam. Two doses of that remedy and he was a reformed animal. 1977 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 Mar. 4/5 It would surely be more appropriate for the riding [for democracy] to be done on some business man rather than on a prad. |