Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. ``Such pady persons.'' --Digges (1585). ``The paddy persons.'' --Motley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. Paddies. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.]

A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Paddy \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[=i].]

(Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.

Paddy bird. (Zo["o]l.) See Java sparrow, under Java.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)