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Definition of Paddy field
1. Noun. An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
Definition of Paddy field
1. Noun. A flooded field where rice is grown. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddy Field
Literary usage of Paddy field
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology by Harry Ignatius Marshall (1922)
"... PLOWING A PADDY-FIELD IN LOWER BURMA WOMEN TRANSPLANTING PADDY They simply
push the plants into the soft mud, and they grow without further attention. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
""This blasted paddy field is filled up with wather agin, and ye may fall into it.
I couldn't get across, ..."
3. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The farmer commences with repairing the banks of the paddy- field. He then admits
water in sufficient quantity to be an inch or two deep over the whole ..."
4. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Organisation for Economic Co-operation, SourceOECD (Online service), Development. (2001)
"The city centre of Koshigaya is surrounded by paddy fields but in recent years
residential development has rapidly advanced and the paddy field area has ..."
5. Life of Tai-ping-wang: Chief of the Chinese Insurrection by John Milton Mackie (1857)
"HE WORKS IN THE PADDY-FIELD AND TENDS BUFFALOES. To pass from the school to the
paddy-field, was to take a step not exactly in the direction of the " Forest ..."
6. Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border by Archibald John Little (1901)
"... Stream—Bamboo Grove—Numerous Chinese Family—Fall into a Paddy-field—Tsz" Liu
Ching's Scaffoldings—Grass Replaces Paddy—Cities of Refuge—Strange View for ..."
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