Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK black) a father.

1999		(con. 1979–80) A. Wheatle Brixton Rock (2004) 28: My paps booted me out when I was only fifteen.
2001		(con. 1981) A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 78: I know her paps don’t like you a damn.
2008		A. Wheatle Dirty South 3: Fuck equality my paps would say, he wanted justice.