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paddy
/ˈpædi/
noun 8adj 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
established, good, ignorant, most, old, over, violent
VERB + PADDY
click, drunken, getting, got, planting, take, throw
PADDY + NOUN
cook, g, mcginty's, persons, woman
PREP.
in, into, with
Definitions
noun
1
Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”
2
A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
adj
1
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]
Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'
noun
1
A fit of temper; a tantrum.
throw a paddy etc.
I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'
2
A white person.
You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.
3
A labourer's assistant or workmate.
4
A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”
Wiktionary02
Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]
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Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'
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Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?
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throw a paddy etc.
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I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'
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