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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Paddy

/păd'-ē/ · Pad·dy · IPA /ˈpædi/
01 a. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  1. 1.
    Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
02 n. A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive.
pl. Paddies ((#))
  1. 1.
    A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive.[Obsolescent]
03 n. Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
  1. 1.
    Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Paddy bird — See Java sparrow, under Java.