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[UK] ‘Tramps: Their Ways & Means’ in Wellington Jrnl 17 Sept. 2/6: [T]hey were all ‘skinners’ (out of cash) and would have to ‘pad the hoof’.
at pad the hoof (v.) under pad, v.1
[UK] ‘Tramps: Their Ways & Means’ in Wellington Jrnl 17 Sept. 2/6: I am myself a ‘road surveyor,’ better known by the term traveller.
at road surveyor (n.) under road, n.
[UK] ‘Tramps: Their Ways & Means’ in Wellington Jrnl 17 Sept. 2/6: [T]hey were all ‘skinners’ (out of cash) and would have to ‘pad the hoof’.
at skinner, n.1
[UK] ‘Tramps: Their Ways & Means’ in Wellington Jrnl 17 Sept. 2/6: ‘We “mooched” (begged) two “toff cribs” (gentlemen’s houses) up yon.
at toff-crib (n.) under toff, n.
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