英语词汇“on the pad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. U.S. slang. A list of persons who make regular bribes, payments for police protection, etc.; a payment of this type. Esp. in on the pad: in receipt of regular bribes or other illicit payments; (in extended use) on the payroll.

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1951 W. Winchell in Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 29 Sept. 4/7 Many of the sports writers in a certain glamor town were On The Pad of some sports promoters. For sums like $25 a week.

1959 J. D. Horan Mob's Man 34 Casper had a small army of cops on the pad.

1960 in G. Tyler Organized Crime Amer. (1962) 261 The Pad is the police-approved list of spots or locations where ‘official protection’ is guaranteed... Each spot on The Pad must be paid for in cash.

1971 Times 1 Nov. 23 When a cop was transferred to a new post, the pad from his old station kept up for another two months.

1973 M. Truman Harry S. Truman iii. 72 In Kansas City there was a tradition of carrying one or two thousand city employees ‘on the pad’ without requiring them to show up for work.

1990 S. Truron Burden of Proof i. xii. 148 The North Branch was wide open; cops on the pad; bail bandsman steering cases; judges on the take.

b. Originally slang. on the pad and variants: on the road, tramping, journeying (sometimes with suggestion of begging or robbery). Now chiefly Irish English.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > travelling from place to place [phrase] > wandering > as a tramp

on (also upon) the road1642

on the pad1665

on (the) tramp1760

on the wallaby track1865

on (also in) a (or the) shaughraun1922

on the swag1941

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxvii. 291 Being now upon the Pad alone.

1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies ii. 44 A Troop of lusty Rogues upon the Pad.

c1694 Acct. Tryalls Manch. (1864) 17 M^r John Breers being asked what he knew of Lunt's takeing moneys by the highwaies..inquir'd what good fortune he had to appear so much better; to w^ch Lunt replyed y^t he had been upon the merry pad.

1744 in New Jersey Archives XII. 237 We hear..that the famous Tom Bell being on the Pad hither,..was taken up and committed to Jail.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 416/2 Her husband was on the pad in the country, as London was too hot to hold him.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 309 On the pad, to be on the go all the time.

1929 P. O'Donnell Adrigoole xv. 93 On the pad every Sunday night.

1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 134 ‘Come on in, the two of ye—’ ‘Ach now, Alec, we wouldn't like to do that! I was just out on my pad wi' James Orr here.’

单词	on the pad
释义	> as lemmas on the pad b. U.S. slang. A list of persons who make regular bribes, payments for police protection, etc.; a payment of this type. Esp. in on the pad: in receipt of regular bribes or other illicit payments; (in extended use) on the payroll. ΚΠ 1951 W. Winchell in Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 29 Sept. 4/7 Many of the sports writers in a certain glamor town were On The Pad of some sports promoters. For sums like $25 a week. 1959 J. D. Horan Mob's Man 34 Casper had a small army of cops on the pad. 1960 in G. Tyler Organized Crime Amer. (1962) 261 The Pad is the police-approved list of spots or locations where ‘official protection’ is guaranteed... Each spot on The Pad must be paid for in cash. 1971 Times 1 Nov. 23 When a cop was transferred to a new post, the pad from his old station kept up for another two months. 1973 M. Truman Harry S. Truman iii. 72 In Kansas City there was a tradition of carrying one or two thousand city employees ‘on the pad’ without requiring them to show up for work. 1990 S. Truron Burden of Proof i. xii. 148 The North Branch was wide open; cops on the pad; bail bandsman steering cases; judges on the take. extracted from padn.² on the pad b. Originally slang. on the pad and variants: on the road, tramping, journeying (sometimes with suggestion of begging or robbery). Now chiefly Irish English. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > travelling from place to place [phrase] > wandering > as a tramp on (also upon) the road1642 on the pad1665 on (the) tramp1760 on the wallaby track1865 on (also in) a (or the) shaughraun1922 on the swag1941 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxvii. 291 Being now upon the Pad alone. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies ii. 44 A Troop of lusty Rogues upon the Pad. c1694 Acct. Tryalls Manch. (1864) 17 M^r John Breers being asked what he knew of Lunt's takeing moneys by the highwaies..inquir'd what good fortune he had to appear so much better; to w^ch Lunt replyed y^t he had been upon the merry pad. 1744 in New Jersey Archives XII. 237 We hear..that the famous Tom Bell being on the Pad hither,..was taken up and committed to Jail. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 416/2 Her husband was on the pad in the country, as London was too hot to hold him. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 309 On the pad, to be on the go all the time. 1929 P. O'Donnell Adrigoole xv. 93 On the pad every Sunday night. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 134 ‘Come on in, the two of ye—’ ‘Ach now, Alec, we wouldn't like to do that! I was just out on my pad wi' James Orr here.’ extracted from padn.³ < as lemmas
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