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noun

Caddie n. (Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy)

A cadet. (Obs. Scot.)

A lad; young fellow. (Scot.)

One who does errands or other odd jobs. (Scot.)

An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.

Caddie, Cadie n. (Written also cady) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. "Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie."

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"Caddie" Quotes from Famous Books

... think," she said, firmly, "of paying the full price to a caddie who doesn't know what a ...

— A Lost Leader • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... him was playing very badly, and the caddie threw himself down on the grass at one point and watched him. When the man had at last succeeded in getting his ball out of the bunker, he glanced toward the boy and remarked: "You must be tired, lying down ...

— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... caddie was provided with a stick cleft at one end and pointed at the other. In the cleft was stuck a square of white card-board on which was printed the contestant's name, Colonel Bogey's record for the course, the contestant's handicap, and the sum of ...

— IT and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

... corps without pay but with certain privileges. "Cadet Corps," in the British service, are bodies of boys or youths organized, armed and trained on volunteer military lines. Derived from "cadet," through the Scots form "cadee," comes "caddie," a messenger-boy, and particularly one who carries clubs at golf, and also the slang word "cad," a vulgar, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various