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paddy paws

paddy paws is the plural of paddy paw.

Meaning of paddy paw

Noun

paddy paw (plural paddy paws)

  1. An animal's paw with a soft pad.
    • Mowgli was sitting cross-legged, and explaining things with his forefinger in his usual way, when Bagheera put out a paddy paw and pulled him over backwards into the water.1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, “How Fear Came”, in The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 9

Questions about paddy paws

What is paddy paws the plural of?
Paddy paws is the plural of paddy paw.

Words near paddy paws in the dictionary

  1. paddy birds
  2. paddy field
  3. paddy fields
  4. paddy hat
  5. paddy paw
  6. paddy paws
  7. paddy waggon
  8. paddy waggons
  9. paddy wagon
  10. paddy wagons
  11. Paddy's Day

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