Pack, to go away; “now, then, PACK off there,” i.e., be off, don’t stop here any longer.—Old. “Make speede to flee, be PACKING awaie.”—Baret’s Alvearie, 1580. Contraction of “PACK up and be off.” Sometimes the term “sent PACKING” is used to indicate a sudden discharge, as of a servant or mistress.
Packets, hoaxing lies. Sometimes used as an exclamation of incredulity.—North.
Pad, “to stand PAD,” to beg with a small piece of paper pinned on the breast, inscribed, “I am starving.”
Pad, the highway; also a tramp or itinerant musician.
Pad the hoof, to walk; “PADDING THE HOOF, on the high toby,” tramping or walking on the high road.
“Trudge, plod away o’ the HOOF.”—Merry Wives, i. 3.
Padding, the light articles in the monthly magazines, of which the serial stories are the main attraction. Publishers of magazines seem to think that if they get a serial story from a popular novelist they can pack any amount of rubbish into the remaining pages. This is not so in America, as magazines like the Atlantic Monthly and the Overland Monthly show.
Padding-ken, or CRIB, tramps’ and boys’ lodging-house.
Paddle, to go or run away.—American.