Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) the suburb of Paddington, Sydney; also attrib.

1953		Baker Australia Speaks 105: Sundry place- name hypocorisms such as [...] Darlo, Darlinghurst; Paddo, Paddington.
1964		‘Charles Barrett’ Address: Kings Cross 34: ‘My Pop’s been the tenant there since before I was born. I’m a Paddo girl’.
1965		Aus. Women’s Wkly 13 Mar. 45/6: I love Paddo, you know [...] I like the people, the houses .
1971		Aus. Women’s Wkly 8 Dec. 10/1: New television serial will take viewers people-watching in Paddo .
1969		Nation 260-83 272: He is testing his characters right the way through [...] following them assiduously through the pleasures, which mostly read like ordeals of fuckery in Paddo bedrooms.
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 44: ’e ain't bludgin off me any more. Sharin a flat in Paddo with wunnervis mates.
1994		Penguin Bk of Aus. Jokes 388: A man went into a Paddo antique shop and said he’d just found two items in the loft of his old house.
2001		(con. 1945–6) P. Doyle Devil’s Jump (2008) 48: Old time Paddo. If you don’t know what’s what, then you can’t get nicked.
2013		‘Australia Day’ ad for MacDonalds cited crikey.com.au 10 Jan. 🌐 Steve from Paddo on a break from a reno.