Usually means: Derogatory term for non-Irish posing.
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  1. plastic Paddy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Plastic Paddy: Wiktionary
  3. Plastic Paddy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Plastic Paddy (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. plastic Paddy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Plastic Paddy: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. Plastic Paddy: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Plastic Paddy)

noun:  (humorous, sometimes pejorative) A person of another ethnicity considered to be passing or posing as Irish.
noun:  (derogatory, ethnic slur) An Irish person considered to be inauthentically Irish, especially (UK) recent Irish arrivals to London.
noun:  Alternative form of Plastic Paddy [(humorous, sometimes pejorative) A person of another ethnicity considered to be passing or posing as Irish.]

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