paddy
1paddy — paddy …
2PADDY — Même séparé de la paille, le grain de riz, ou paddy (p d 稜 en Malaisie, palay aux Philippines), reste recouvert de glumelles dures et rigides (balles) fortement encastrées les unes dans les autres et que le battage n’a pu éliminer. Pour rendre le …
3Paddy — may refer to: *Paddy, a masculine given name, and a common diminutive for Patrick or Pádraig *Paddy, slang (usually derogatory) term in British English for an Irish person *Paddy Whiskey, a brand of Irish whiskey manufactured by The Cork… …
4paddy — Ⅰ. paddy [1] ► NOUN (pl. paddies) 1) a field where rice is grown. 2) rice still in the husk. ORIGIN Malay. Ⅱ. paddy [2] ► …
5Paddy — Pad dy, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. Such pady persons. Digges (1585). The paddy persons. Motley. [1913 Webster] …
6Paddy — Pad dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[=i].] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; commonly so called in the East Indies. [1913 Webster] {Paddy bird}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Java sparrow}, under {Java}. [1913 Webster] …
7Paddy — (Päddy), Abkürzung von Patricius, engl. Spitzname der Irländer …
8Paddy — (2) Irishman, 1780, slang, from the pet form of the common Irish proper name Patrick (Ir. Padraig). It was in use in black slang by 1946 for any white person. Paddy wagon is 1930, perhaps so called because many police officers were Irish.… …
9paddy — (1) rice field, 1620s, rice plant, from Malay padi rice in the straw; meaning ground where rice is growing (1948) is a shortening of paddy field …
10Paddy — 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] [1913 Webster +PJC] …
