Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. in pl., the feet.

1984

Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 847/1: from ca. 1825.

2. in pl., boots or shoes.

1830

Egan Finish to the Adventures of Tom and Jerry (1889) 309: To my worthy friend, Sir John Blubber, Knt. I give and bequeath my padders, my stampers, my buckets, otherwise my boots.

3. a pedestrian, a person walking.

1846

Bell’s Life in Sydney 31 Jan. 1/4: The padders taking the shortest cuts across the country.