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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 pad·dy /ˈpædi/
 稻,谷,愛爾蘭人,警察
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pad·dy a.  Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. “Such pady persons.” --Digges (1585). “The paddy persons.” --Motley.
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pad·dy, n.; pl. Paddies   A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [Obsolescent]
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pad·dy, n.  Bot. Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
 Paddy bird. Zool. See Java sparrow, under Java.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 Paddy
      n 1: (slur) a person of Irish descent [syn: Mick, Mickey]
      2: an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [syn: paddy
          field, rice paddy]
      3: rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field