Meanings
- uncountableA stereotyped portrayal of Irish people as garrulous, unreliable, alcoholic, etc., once common in plays.
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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 Heysham and Liverpool. "There's a company who supplies the whole paddywhackery kit," said Gerry.
2017, Bernard MacLaverty, chapter 2, in Midwinter Break, page 26
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