Paddy may refer to:
People
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Paddy (given name) Paddy is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname.
Notable people include:
*Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat
*Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Iris ...
, a list of people with the given name or nickname
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ethnic slur for an Irishman
Birds
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Paddy (pigeon) Paddy (Pigeon number NPS.43.9451) was an Irish carrier pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal after being the fastest pigeon to arrive back in England with news of the success of the D-Day invasion, out of hundreds dispatched. He flew 230 miles (370 km) a ...
, a Second World War carrier pigeon
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Snowy sheathbill
The snowy sheathbill (''Chionis albus''), also known as the greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two species of sheathbill. It is usually found on the ground. It is the only land bird native to the Antarctic continent.
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or paddy, a bird species
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Black-faced sheathbill
The black-faced sheathbill (''Chionis minor''), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds which are terrestrial scavengers of subantarctic islands.
Description
They are du ...
, also known as the paddy bird
Entertainment
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''Paddy'' (film), a 1970 Irish comedy
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Paddy Kirk
Paddy Kirk (also Dingle) is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Dominic Brunt. He has been married four times: to Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) in 1999, to Emily Dingle (Kate McGregor) in 2002, to Rhona Goski ...
, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''
Other uses
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Paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...
, a type of cultivated land
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Paddy (unmilled rice)
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, ...
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Paddy mail
Paddy mails, generally considered as being workmen's trains, were operated by, or for many companies to transport their workers to their place of work or between their sites of work.
Originally they were operated by railway contractors, on temp ...
, a train for construction workers
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Paddy Whiskey
Paddy is a brand of blended Irish whiskey produced by Irish Distillers, at the Midleton distillery in County Cork, on behalf of Sazerac, a privately held American company. Irish Distillers owned the brand until its sale to Sazerac in 2016. As of ...
, a liquor
See also
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Patty (disambiguation)
A patty is a flattened cake or disc of chopped or ground ingredients prepared and served in various ways.
Patty may also refer to: Pastry
* Various kinds of turnover (food)
** Jamaican patty
** Haitian patty
Names
* Patty (given name), a given na ...
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Paddi (disambiguation) Paddi may refer to:
* Patricia Paddi Edwards (1931–1999), English-born American actress
* Emmanuel Paddi, Ghanaian tennis player - see 1989 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group II (also 1992–1995)
* Paddi, a character in the Chinese animated series '' ...
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Padi (disambiguation)
Padi, PADI or Pa Di may refer to:
* Padi, Chennai, India, a locality and neighbourhood in the city of Chennai
** Padi railway station
* Padi, Iran, a village
* Padi Boyd, American astrophysicist
* Padi Richo, Indian politician
* Padi (band), an I ...
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