Paddy definition
Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets [...]
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Origin of paddy
- Nickname for Irish Gaelic Pádraig Patrick
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Malay padi
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Malay padi (“paddy plant"), from Proto-Malayic *padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
From Wiktionary
- English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten").
From Wiktionary