3. (American).—To go or run away.
See Canoe.
Paddy, subs. (common).—1. An
Irishman: also paddy-whack
and paddylander. Hence,
Paddy-land = Ireland.—Grose
(1785).
English synonyms. Bog-trotter; Emeralder; Mick, mike or micky; paddylander; paddy-whack; Pat; patent Frenchman; patlander; shirt.
1801. Sharpe [Correspondence (1888), i. 113]. You would be much surprised to see these cronies of mine . . . they are all there Paddies.
1817. Scott, Search after Happiness, xxii. The odds that foil'd Hercules foil'd Paddy Whack. . . . Alack! Ub-*bubboo! Paddy had not—a shirt to his back!!!
1850. Smedley, Frank Fairlegh, lx. After I had had a good laugh . . . I . . . 'discoorsed' 'em, as Paddy calls it.
1874. Linton, Patricia Kemball, xii. He once went over on business to what he always called Paddy-land.
18[?]. Irish Song [Hotten]. I'm Paddy Whack, from Ballyhack.
2. (common).—A rage; a passion: also Paddy-whack.
To come Paddy over, verb. phr. (American).—To bamboozle; to humbug.
Paddy Quick, subs. and adj.
(rhyming slang).—1. A stick;
and (2) thick.
Paddy's Blackguards, subs. phr.
(military).—The Royal Irish
Regiment, formerly The 18th
Foot. Also "The Namurs."
Paddy's hurricane, subs. phr.
(nautical).—No wind at all; a
'breeze up and down the mast.'
Paddy-wack (Paddy, or Paddy's
watch), subs. phr. (common).—See
quot
1886. Notes and Queries, 7th S., i. 478. Before the tax on almanacs . . . a class of printers [sold] an almanack unstamped, and this was often called Paddy's Watch. They were hawked about, . . . sold at 3d., and often for less, when a stamped almanac cost 1s. 9d. or 2s. I have often heard . . . 'Have you an almanac?' and the answer has been, 'We have a Paddy.'
2. See Paddy, subs. 1 and 2.
Paddywester, subs. (nautical).—See
quot.
1892. Perry, Voyage of Boadicea [Boy's Own Paper, 28 May, 649]. Paddy Westers . . . Incompetent, worthless, or destitute sailors or landsmen masquerading as seamen.
Padlock. See Pleasure-boat.
Pad-nag. See pad, subs. sense 2.
Padre, subs. (services).—A clergyman:
see Devil-dodger. [From
the Portuguese].
1888. Chamb. Journal, 14 Jan., 18. The chaplain, who on board ship is known by a a thousand more or less irreverent names—Padre, sky-pilot, etc.
Paff, intj. (colloquial).—An
interjection of contempt; bosh!
Hence piff-paff = jargon.
1851. Longfellow, Golden Legend. These beggars . . . lamed and maimed, and fed on chaff, chanting their wonderful piff and paff.
1897. Pall Mall, 28 Sept., 2, 3. The combatants used their fists only . . . Paf! paf! one for you, and paf! paf! for your opponent.
Pagan, subs. (old).—A prostitute:
see Barrack-hack and Tart.
1659. Massinger, City Madam, ii. 1. I have had my several pagans billeted for my own tooth.
