caddy

[ kad-ee ]

/ ˈkæd i /

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noun, plural cad·dies.

a container, rack, or other device for holding, organizing, or storing items: a pencil caddy; a bedspread caddy.

Chiefly British. tea caddy.

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Origin of caddy

First recorded in 1785–95; see origin at tea caddy

Words nearby caddy

caddisfly, caddish, caddisworm, Caddo, Caddoan, caddy, caddy spoon, cade, cadelle, cadence, cadenced

Other definitions for caddy (2 of 2)

caddy²

[ kad-ee ]

/ ˈkæd i /

noun, verb (used without object), plural cad·dies,cad·died, cad·dy·ing.

caddie.

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How to use caddy in a sentence

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You may also appreciate a separate caddy for drying silverware and side hooks to air-dry wine glasses and mugs.
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Just because you like golf doesn’t mean you want to become a caddy.
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The golfing version is programmed with 41,000 courses around the world and has a virtual caddy app that suggests which club to use based on current conditions.
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This tea caddy is rather splendid Much of the pottery is gilded in 22 carat gold leaf.
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This left her boss, the commander in chief, to hand his nine-iron to the caddy and grimly ask for broom and dustpan.
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If a player finds a girl interesting, it's the caddy who might actually make the contact.
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Everything was ready in the gray parlor—the tea-tray on the table, the small urn hissing away, the tea-caddy in proximity to it.
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So she answered him, her fingers in the tea caddy, and her eyes with them.
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Saxton bent again with his lofter, when his caddy gave a cry.
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"It's historic, but not exactly a handsome garment," she said, shaking the tea caddy.
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British Dictionary definitions for caddy (1 of 2)

caddy¹

/ (ˈkædɪ) /

noun plural -dies

mainly British a small container, esp for tea

Word Origin for caddy

C18: from Malay kati; see catty ²

British Dictionary definitions for caddy (2 of 2)

caddy²

/ (ˈkædɪ) /

noun, verb plural -dies or -dies, -dying or -died

a variant spelling of caddie

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