·adj Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
II. Paddy ·noun Unhusked rice;
— commonly so called in the East Indies.
III. Paddy ·noun A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
The general name for an Irishman: being the abbreviation of Patrick, the name of the tutelar saint o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See lucerne, native ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
, or padi. Rice in the husk, so called by the Malays, from whose language the word has found its w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
n. i.q. Queensland Hemp.See under hemp. ...
A peculiar Ceylon boat, for the conveyance of rice and other necessaries. ...