About The Word Paddy
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Paddy
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What's The Definition Of Paddy?
[n] rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
[n] ethnic slur; a person of Irish descent [n] an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown Synonyms | Synonyms for Paddy: Mick | Mickey | paddy field | rice paddy Related Terms | Find terms related to Paddy: bluebottle | bobby | bull | clearing | constable | copper | corn field | cultivated land | field | fit | fit of temper | flatfoot | gendarme | hayfield | officer | parcel of land | patch | peeler | piece of land | plat | plot | rage | rice paddy | tantrum | tract | wax | wheat field See Also | field | Irishman | rice Paddy In Webster's Dictionary \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. ``Such pady persons.'' --Digges
(1585). ``The paddy persons.'' --Motley.
\Pad"dy\, n.; pl. {Paddies}. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman. \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[=i].] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. {Paddy bird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Java sparrow}, under {Java}. |
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