Associations to the word «Paddywhack»

Wiktionary

PADDYWHACK, noun. (dated) (derogatory) An Irishman
PADDYWHACK, noun. (rare) A severe blow (especially in reference to the folk song This Old Man)
PADDYWHACK, 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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne