Meaning of Paddy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An Irish nickname for Patrick.
2. An Irish person.
   offensive, slang, sometimes
3. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
   countable, uncountable
4. A fit of temper; a tantrum.
5. A snowy sheathbill.
6. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
   countable
7. A white person.
   slang
8. A labourer's assistant or workmate.
   England, colloquial
9. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Equivalents

Examples

“Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.””

“throw a paddy etc.”

“I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'”

“You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.”

“...He jumped into the water as frisky as a whale Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail He upped with his horn and he stuck it in the boat And sent them all to Heligoland did Paddy McGinty's goat...”

“It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established.”

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