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Paddy
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.