1598. Shakspeare, 2 Henry ii. 4. A good shallow young fellow; he would have made a good pantler, he would have chipped bread well.
1604. Shakspeare, Winter's Tale, iv. 4. My old wife . . . was both pantler, butler, cook; Both dame and servant; welcom'd all; serv'd all.
1605. Mis. of Inf. Marr. [Dodsley, Old Plays (Reed), v. 26.] A rogue that hath fed upon me—like pullen from a pantler's chippings.
1656. Brome, Jovial Crew [Dodsley, Old Plays (Reed), x. 338]. But I will presently take order with the cook, pantler, and butler, for my wonted allowance to the poor.
Panupetaston subs. (obsolete,
University).—A loose overcoat
with wide sleeves.
Pap, subs. (common).—1. The
emoluments of office—salaries,
fees, perquisites.
1880. Nation, xlviii. 379. At the end of four years, not only should an officer make an accounting and submit to an audit, but should vacate his place, so that somebody else might get some of the pap he had enjoyed during this period.
2. (thieves').—Paper: specifically paper money, or soft (g.v.)
1877. Horsley, Jottings from Jail. Come on, we have had a lucky touch for half-a-century in pap.
3. (literary: perhaps obsolete).—(a) A nipple; (b) a breast.
1390. Mandeville, Travels, 154. Zif it be a female, thei don away that on Pappe, with an hote Hiren; and zif it be a Womman of gret Lynage, thei don awey the left Pappe, that thei may the better beren a Scheeld.
1592. Shakspeare, Mid. Night's Dream, v. 1, 303. Ay, that left pap, Where heart doth hop.
1594. Lyndsay, Squyer Meldrum [E. E. T. S. 945]. Hir Pappis wer hard, round, and quhyte, Quhome to behald wes greit delyte.
1603. Chapman, Homer, 'Iliad,' iv. He strooke him at his breastes right pappe, Quite through his shoulder bone.
1612. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. Nourish'd and bred up at her most plenteous Pap.
4. (American).—Father: Pop (q.v.)
1892. Gunter, Miss Dividends, iii. Your pap has had too much railroad and mine on his hands.
5 (old).—Bread sauce.—Grose (1785).
To give pap with a hatchet, verb. phr. (old).—To chastise; to do an unkindness, or treat unhandsomely.
1589. Nash, Pappe with a Hatchet [Title].
1594. Shakspeare, 2 Henry VI., iv. 7. Ye shall have a hempen caudle then, and the pap [now read help] of a hatchet.
. . . Disc. of Marr. [Harl. MS. (Park), ii. 171]. He that so old seeks for a nurse so young, shall have pap with a hatchet for his comfort.
1623. Lyly, Court Comedy, Z. 12b. They give us pap with a spoone before we can speake, and when we speake for that wee love, pap with a hatchet.
Mouth full of pap, phr. (old).—Still childish.—Grose (1785).
Papaw, subs. (American). A bush-whacker.
[Century: with reference
to possible subsistence on
the fruit].
Paper, subs. (theatrical).—1. Free
passes of admission to a place of
entertainment; also (collectively)
recipients of such passes; also
Oxford clink and stationery.
Hence, papery = occupied
by persons admitted with free
tickets; and, as verb = to issue
free passes. Fr. une salle de
papier = a house filled with
paper.
1870. Mrs. John Wood [Figaro, 15 July]. I have abolished the free order system from a firm belief that the best sort of paper for a theatre is Bank of England notes.
