subs. phr. (cant).1. A shoe: in Gypsy = a foot.
2. (old cant).A parson; a PATRICO (q.v.); RUM TOM-PAT = a clerk in holy orders: patrico = (properly) a sham or hedge-priest.
subs. phr. (cant).1. A shoe: in Gypsy = a foot.
2. (old cant).A parson; a PATRICO (q.v.); RUM TOM-PAT = a clerk in holy orders: patrico = (properly) a sham or hedge-priest.