Paddy
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- Canada/[ˈpʰæɾi]/
- //ˈpædi//
An Irish nickname for Patrick.
proper noun
- 1
An Irish nickname for Patrick.
...He jumped into the water as frisky as a whale Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail He upped with his horn and he stuck it in the boat And sent them all to Heligoland did Paddy McGinty's goat...
Etymology
From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + English -y.
noun
- 1
slangAn Irish person.
It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established.
Forms
- plural
- Paddys, Paddies
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