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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Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.]
A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
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Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay padi.] Bot.
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
Paddy bird. Zool. See Java sparrow, under Java.
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