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paddywackery

paddywackery is the alternative form of paddywhackery.

Meaning of paddywhackery

Noun

paddywhackery (uncountable)

  1. A stereotyped portrayal of Irish people as garrulous, unreliable, alcoholic, etc., once common in plays.
    • In the pub they found an empty table. The barman's accent was from Dublin and the place was filled with Irish junk from the 1950s. Opposite them, a wall of Guinness adverts. Calendars of Irish writers. Railway posters with Irish paintings. Pictures of overnight boat crossings from Belfast to...2017, Bernard MacLaverty, chapter 2, in Midwinter Break, page 26

Questions about paddywackery

What is paddywackery the alternative form of?
Paddywackery is the alternative form of paddywhackery.

Words near paddywackery in the dictionary

  1. Paddys River
  2. Paddystine
  3. Paddystinian
  4. Paddystinians
  5. paddywack
  6. paddywackery
  7. paddywacks
  8. paddywaggon
  9. paddywaggons
  10. paddywagon
  11. paddywagons

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