Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pads or cushions.
- noun A highway robber; a footpad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, pads.
- noun obsolete A highwayman; a footpad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofpad ; one who pads.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a highwayman who robs on foot
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Examples
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Looking out for small bushy tails, and listening for the soft pidder padder of feet, I have to be watchful for coyotes and lethal rattlers.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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Looking out for small bushy tails, and listening for the soft pidder padder of feet, I have to be watchful for coyotes and lethal rattlers.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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In other words, she's a resume-padder, an exaggerator, a lier.
Obama Memo: "No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed `Commander-In-Chief Test'" 2009
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Adding to his controversial standing, Anger is also, frankly, a self-mytholgizer and resume padder.
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They do make a good point regarding the vetting issue though - Everybody agrees that Sen. Clinton was using the NY Senate seat as a resume padder/stepping stone for her own eventual Presidential run.
Bill: Hillary Would Be "Great At Being Secretary Of State" 2009
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Brown - Former Arabian-horse honcho and resume padder sent packing.
Conventional Wisdom 2008
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Goofing off on a holiday weekend for me means gardening (two blisters worth of digging), starting a new pastel for my primate series (a "cheek padder" adult male orangutan), pigging out on high-end junk food (Vietnamese fried calamari, creme brulee, and $8 martinis from Whitehouse-Crawford, the swankiest place in town), and then burning off the calories on a couple of marathon dog walks.
Easter Weekend Field Notes 2007
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Goofing off on a holiday weekend for me means gardening (two blisters worth of digging), starting a new pastel for my primate series (a "cheek padder" adult male orangutan), pigging out on high-end junk food (Vietnamese fried calamari, creme brulee, and $8 martinis from Whitehouse-Crawford, the swankiest place in town), and then burning off the calories on a couple of marathon dog walks.
Archive 2007-04-01 Field Notes 2007
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Here's my second attempt at a pastel - an adult male 'cheek padder' orangutan.
Archive 2007-04-01 Field Notes 2007
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Here's my second attempt at a pastel - an adult male 'cheek padder' orangutan.
Orangutan Pastel Field Notes 2007
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