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paddy |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low mean boorish; vagabond. ``Such pady persons.'' --Digges (1585). ``The paddy persons.'' --Motley. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl {Paddies}. [Corrupted fr St Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paddy \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Paddy n 1: ethnic slur; a person of Irish descent [syn: {Paddy}, {Mick}, {Mickey}] 2: an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [syn: {paddy field}, {rice paddy}] 3: rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
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