2. Noun. (plural of paddy) ¹
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Definition of Paddies
1. paddy [n] - See also: paddy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddies
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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