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paddy | jeff |

As a proper noun paddy

is an irish nickname for patrick.

As a noun paddy

is an irish person.

As a verb jeff is

to play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice.

paddy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(paddies)
  • Rice, before it is milled.
  • An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

    • See also

    * paddy paw

    Etymology 2

    English dialect .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  • * Digges (1585)
  • * John Lothrop Motley
    • 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
    (Webster 1913)

    jeff

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jeffrey or Jeffery.

    • See also

    * Geoff * Mutt and Jeff English diminutives of male given names ----