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Paddy
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- 1 Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. obsolete
"Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]"
- 1 An Irish nickname for Patrick.
"...He jumped into the water as frisky as a whale Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail He upped with his horn and he stuck it in the boat And sent them all to Heligoland did Paddy McGinty's goat..."
- 1 Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. countable, uncountable
"Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”"
- 2 A fit of temper; a tantrum.
"throw a paddy etc."
- 3 A snowy sheathbill.
- 4 An Irish person. offensive, slang, sometimes
"It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established."
- 5 rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field wordnet
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- 6 A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. countable
- 7 A white person. slang
"You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom."
- 8 an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown wordnet
- 9 A labourer's assistant or workmate. England, colloquial
- 10 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent wordnet
- 11 A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.
From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + -y.
From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + -y.
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