paddywhackery

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A stereotyped portrayal of Irish people as garrulous, unreliable, alcoholic, etc., once common in plays.

日本語の意味

アイルランド人に対する、話好きで信頼性に欠け、アルコール依存的といった固定化された偏見に基づくステレオタイプ表現

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The playwright's reliance on paddywhackery undermined the play's credibility and offended many members of the Irish community.

劇作家がアイルランド人をおしゃべりで頼りにならず酒好きだと決めつけるような侮蔑的なステレオタイプ描写に頼ったため、その劇の信頼性は損なわれ、多くのアイルランド系の人々の反感を買った。

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意味（1）

A stereotyped portrayal of Irish people as garrulous, unreliable, alcoholic, etc., once common in plays.

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.

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