What does "paddy" mean?
Paddy: Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.
Additional senses
- 2.A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
- 3.Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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