RUM-Padders,
the better Sort of Highwaymen, well mounted and armed. See High Pad.
the better Sort of Highwaymen, well mounted and armed. See High Pad.
Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Rum Padders in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).