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Paddock

The term paddock may refer to

the name for an enclosure where horses are kept in British English.
in Australian and New Zealand English, the term can mean any field in the agricultural sense (as opposed to a playing field)
the enclosed area at a race track where horses are paraded and mounted before a race, and unsaddled after a race.
the area at a Greyhound racing track where Greyhounds are housed and inspected before a race
an enclosure at a Motor racing track used by team support personnel and vehicles, and other officials and VIPs
a toad mentioned by the witches in the first act of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Paddock is an archaic English word for "toad"
a frog, as mentioned in the 1382 edition of the Wycliffe [middle] English Bible: Exodus 8:2-13
Paddock (war rooms), a two-level concrete citadel in Dollis Hill serving as war rooms for Winston Churchill during World War II

People

Algernon Paddock (1830-1897), American politician
Charlie Paddock (1900-1943), American athlete and actor
George A. Paddock (1885-1964), American politician
John Paddock (born 1954), Canadian hockey coach
Richard B. Paddock (1859-1901), American cavalry officer
Tom Paddock (c. 1822-1863), British boxing champion

Places

Paddock, Huddersfield, suburb in England
Paddock Township, Gage County, Nebraska, in the United States
Paddock Township, Holt County, Nebraska, in the United States
Paddock Wood, village in Kent, England

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