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[…]1860, John Lothrop Motley, The United Netherlands:
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.'1995, Maureen Borland, D.S. MacColl: Painter, Poet, Art Critic, page 41:
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Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?2015, Brian Keenan, An Evil Cradling, page 197:
Paddy
noun
CA, US [ˈpʰæɾi]
Etymology From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + English -y.
It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established.1996, Pierre L. Van Den Berghe, Ernest Cashmore, Ellis Cashmore, Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations, page 182:
Etymology Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
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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.”2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
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A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
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.'2013, Mike Brown, Adventures with Czech George, page 17:
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.2000, Requiem For a Dream, spoken by Big Tim (Keith David):