Definition of Paddies

1. Noun. (plural of Paddy) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of paddy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paddies

1. paddy [n] - See also: paddy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddies

pad down
pad of paper
pad out
pad stitch
pad thai
padang
padangs
padauk
padauks
padawan
padawans
paddability
padded
padder
padders
paddies (current term)
padding
paddings
paddlane
paddlanes
paddle
paddle-box
paddle-wheeler
paddle board
paddle box
paddle shifter
paddle shifters
paddle steamer
paddle wheel
paddleball

Literary usage of Paddies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics by Charles Welsh (1907)
"4i2 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF paddies EVERMORE Anon. THE hour is past to fawn and crouch As suppliants for our right; Let word and deed unshrinking vouch The ..."

2. The Sunrise Kingdom: Or Life and Scenes in Japan, and Woman's Work for Woman by Julia D. Carrothers (1879)
"CLIMATE — WALKS THROUGH THE RICE-paddies — TREES- FLOWERS — FRUITS — BIRDS ... We often take long walks over the bluff to the rice-paddies and the fields ..."

3. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"This child was the father of the paddies, and so they have an original sin of their own. To John Rickman, Esq. Keswick, March 19. 1806. ..."

4. The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and (1856)
"... Let them who scorned the fountain rill, Now dread the torrent's roar, And hear our echoed chorus still, We're paddies evermore. ANONYMOUS. 157. ..."

5. The Foundations of Japan: Notes Made During Journeys of 6,000 Miles in the by John William Robertson Scott (1922)
"There is no greater delight to the eye than the paddies in their early green, rippled and gently laid over by the wind. (One should say greens, ..."

6. The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry, and by Edward Chauncey Marshall (1870)
"... Let them who scorned the fountain rill, Now dread the torrent's roar, And hear our echoed chorus still, We're paddies evermore. ANONYMOUS. 157. ..."

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