Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Paddy"
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) 1.7 (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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