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 Paddock.Paddy. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Paddi-whack
 
means an Irish wag, wag being from the Saxon wág-ian.   1
 


 Paddock.Paddy. 

 
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