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   Paddy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. “Such pady persons.” Digges (1585). “The paddy persons.” Motley.
   
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   Paddy, n.; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [Obsolescent]
   
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   Paddy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pādī.] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
   
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   Paddy bird. (Zool.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
   
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