Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus./N.Z.) a paedophile.

2001		D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 137/2: peddie n. a child molester.
2005		P. Temple Broken Shore (2007) [ebook] He was a very active ped. Sounds like people would have queued to string him up.
2012		D. Whish-Wilson ‘In Savage Freedom’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] I’m a speed cook, forced to stay in the SHU, with the psychos, peds and catamites, to keep me away from my suitors.
2018		C. Hammer Scrublands [ebook] ‘He was fucking rabid. Said the coppers had told him Swift was a ped. Said if he’d laid a hand on me he’d do for him’.