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prad

[ prad ]

noun

, Australian.
  1. Informal. horse.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prad1

1790–1800; metathetic variant of Dutch paard horse (cognate with German Pferd ) ≪ Late Latin paraverēdus post horse for lesser highways. See palfrey

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Example Sentences

Dearer to his soul is a prancing prad upon Hounslow Heath than all the engines that ever whistled along a line.

A muleteer simply, sitting sideways on his prad, and leading a half-dozen mules laden with panniers in Indian file behind him.

You are right, Jerry—I shall here buy a bit of cavalry—that is a prad, on your judgment.

Her prad too, Old Vingarillo, is also a picture of goodness, from his peepers down to his fetlocks!

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