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Waddy and Paddy Definitions

Waddy

A heavy stick, especially a war club.

Paddy

Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a man, of Irish birth or ancestry.

Waddy

See cowboy.

Paddy

Rice, especially in the husk, whether gathered or still in the field.

Waddy

A cattle rustler.
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Paddy

A specially irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Waddy

To strike with a waddy.

Paddy

Or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

Waddy

(colloquial) A cowboy.

Paddy

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
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Waddy

(Australia) A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.

Paddy

A fit of temper; a tantrum.
Throw a paddy'' etc.

Waddy

(Australia) A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.

Paddy

A white person.

Waddy

To attack or beat with an Aboriginal war club.

Paddy

A labourer's assistant or workmate.

Waddy

An aboriginal war club.

Paddy

A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Waddy

A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.

Paddy

(obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Waddy

To attack or beat with a waddy.

Paddy

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Paddy

A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; - usually considered offensive.

Paddy

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

Paddy

(slur) a person of Irish descent

Paddy

An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Paddy

Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

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