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Vinony

paddy

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpædi/ / [ˈpʰæɾi]

adj

Etymology: English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).

  1. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

    “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[…]”

    “Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'”

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Pád(raig) English -y English Paddy From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + English -y.

  1. An Irish nickname for Patrick.

    “...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...”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Pád(raig) English -y English Paddy From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + English -y.

  1. An Irish person.

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