Paddington

Paddington
   obsolete
   relating to hanging
   The geographical location in London of the gallows:
    Tyburn being in the parish of Paddington, execution day was known as Paddington Fair, the hood drawn over one's head was the Paddington spectacles, and in dying one danced the Paddington frisk. (R. Hughes, 1987)

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