ped, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

ped n.¹

[usu. dial.: ‘chiefly in use in the Eastern Counties from Northants to Essex, and in Devon and Somerset’ (OED)]

(UK Und.) a basket.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Ped a Basket.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.