Paddington Fair
A public execution. Tyburn, where executions formerly took
place, is in the parish of Paddington. Public executions were abolished
in 1868.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Paddington Fair from Fact Monster:
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