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cad⋅dy

1  [kad-ee]
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–noun, plural -dies.
1. a container, rack, or other device for holding, organizing, or storing items: a pencil caddy; a bedspread caddy.
2. Chiefly British. tea caddy.
Origin:
1785–95; see tea caddy
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cad⋅dy

2  [kad-ee] noun, plural -dies, verb (used without object), -died, -dy⋅ing.
caddie.

cad⋅die

  [kad-ee] noun, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.
–noun
1. Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
2. a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.
3. caddie cart.
4. any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects: a luggage caddie.
–verb (used without object)
5. to work as a caddie.
Also, caddy.

Origin:
1625–35; earlier cadee, var. of cadet < F; see cadet
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cad·die also cad·dy   (kād'ē)   
n.   pl. cad·dies

  1. One hired to serve as an attendant to a golfer, especially by carrying the golf clubs.

  2. Scots A boy who does odd jobs.

  3. Any of various devices for moving, carrying, or holding an item or collection of items, especially:

    1. A lightweight wheeled cart, often fitted with shelves or racks.

    2. A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items such as toiletries or hardware.

    3. A lightweight freestanding rack designed to hold accessories.

    4. A small wheeled cart attached to a bicycle and used as a conveyance for a child.

    5. A tea caddy.

intr.v.   cad·died, cad·dy·ing, cad·dies
To serve as a caddie.

[Scots, from French cadet, cadet, caddie; see cadet.]
cad·dy 1   (kād'ē)   
n.   pl. cad·dies

  1. A small container, such as a box, used especially for holding tea.

  2. A container for storing a group of items not in use.

  3. Computer Science A protective case used to load a CD-ROM into a disk drive.


[Alteration of catty1.]
cad·dy 2   (kād'ē)   
n.   & v.
Variant of caddie.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
caddy [ˈkædi]

  1. n.
    a Cadillac automobile. : What I really want is a caddy. Keep your yuppie beemer.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

caddie 
c.1635, Scottish form of Fr. cadet. Originally "person who runs errands;" meaning of "golfer's assistant" is 1851. A letter from Edinburgh c.1730 describes the city's extensive and semi-organized "Cawdys, a very useful Black-Guard, who attend ... publick Places to go at Errands; and though they are Wretches, that in Rags lye upon the Stairs and in the Streets at Night, yet are they often considerably trusted .... This Corps has a kind of Captain ... presiding over them, whom they call the Constable of the Cawdys."

caddy 
1792, from Malay kati a weight equivalent to about a pound and a half, adopted as a standard by British companies. Apparently the word for a measure of tea was transferred to the chest it was carried in.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

caddy

container for tea. A corrupt form of the Malay kati, a weight of a little more than a pound (or about half a kilogram), the word was applied first to porcelain jars filled with tea and imported into England from China. Many caddies made from silver, copper, brass, pewter, and other decorative materials, such as veneers of tortoiseshell or ivory on wood, were made in the 18th century.

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