From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Paddy
n 1: (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
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." --Digges
(1585). "The paddy persons." --Motley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. Paddies. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick,
the tutelar saint of Ireland.]
A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually
considered offensive. [Obsolescent]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Paddy \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay
p[=a]d[imac].] (Bot.)
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
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Paddy bird. (Zool.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
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