Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun [capitalized] Same as Paddy, 1.
  • noun Same as paddy, 3.
  • noun A cheap almanac or calendar, on one sheet. Also called paddy and Paddy's watch.
  • noun A fury; a rage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated, derogatory An Irishman
  • noun rare A severe blow (especially in reference to the folk song This Old Man)
  • noun A strong elastic ligament or tendon in the midline of the neck of sheep or cattle (generally any quadruped) which relieves the animal of the weight of its head

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  • Old North Carolina nickname for the Ruddy Duck, a creature with more nicknames than it's possible to track. In Virginia it was caled the blatherskite, in Delaware and Arkansas a bristletail, in South Carolina a leatherbreeches, and in Arkansas (in addition to bristletail) a bumble-bee-buzzer.

    December 8, 2007

  • Why would anyone *ever* need another monicker for the exquisitely named Ruddy Duck? I'm a little ashamed of the Commonwealth.

    December 8, 2007

  • This old man came rolling home ...

    December 8, 2007

  • At least you're not in Arkansas, jennarenn. :-)

    December 9, 2007

  • According to Wikipedia a paddywhack is a sheep or cow ligament, which can be dried and used as a dog treat. I presume that's the "give a dog a bone" reference in "This Old Man."

    I had thought this had something to do with hitting Irish people. Wrong again.

    June 13, 2010