or paddy, paddy’s watch, subs. phr. (common).—See quot.
1886. Notes and Queries, 7th S., i. 478. Before the tax on almanacs … a class of printers [sold] an almanack unstamped, and this was often called PADDY’S WATCH. They were hawked about,… sold at 3d., and often for less, when a stamped almanac cost 1s. 9d. or 2s. I have often heard … ‘Have you an almanac?’ and the answer has been, ‘We have a PADDY.’
2. See PADDY, subs. 1 and 2.
