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[packet]  {n.}

1. A large sum of money (earn a packet).

2. A nasty surprise (catch a packet).

[paddy]

a fit of temper.

[Paddy]  {n.}

(capitalised) An Irishman (derogatory).

[Paki]  {n.}

(Derogatory, offensive) A Pakistani or sometimes used to loosely describe anyone or anything from the Indian sub-continent.

[Paki-bashing]  {n.}

Unprovoked attacks on Pakastanis living in Britain.

[pansy]  {n.}

An effeminite or homosexual male.

[paste]  {v.}

To hit, punch or beat soundly. From a 19th century variant of baste, meaning to beat thoroughly.

[pasting]  {n.}

A sound thrashing or heavy defeat.

[penny-dreadful]  {n.}

A cheap, sensationalist magazine.

[pennyboy]  {n.}

A low paid person, employed to carry out menial tasks (Irish slang).