padoun.
/ˈpaduː/, U.S. /ˈpædu/ rare.
A kind of silk tape or ribbon.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 271/2 Padou, a sort of silk ferret or ribbon.
1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 267/2 Padou, 18th c. A silk ribbon, imported from Padua.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1858- to click on six cylinders
- to click one's fingers
- to click one's heels
- to click one's heels together
- to click one's tongue
- to click through
- to climb down
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- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb the rigging
- to climb up the wall
- to climb, hop, jump, etc, on the bandwagon
- to clinch a nail
- to cling on by one's fingernails
- to cling on by one's fingertips