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Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
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A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
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A fit of temper; a tantrum
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throw a paddy etc.
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A white person.
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A labourer's assistant or workmate.
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A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Examples of paddies in a Sentence
Methane is released into the atmosphere from bovine flatulence, rice paddies, and bacteria in bogs.
Jokes about cows passing gas abound but are based on truth, and rice paddies account for 20 percent of methane emissions.
The origin of this symbol can be found in the Chinese rice paddies where farmers used a well-known eco-system of fish to fertilize the rice crop and during the winter months provide a valuable food source for the farmers.