Thesaurus: paddy

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1. a. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
2. n. A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
3. n. Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
4. n. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
5. n. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
6. n. rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
7. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley. A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman. Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
8. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges(1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.
9. n:100 n. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent n. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown n. rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field