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Meaning of Caddis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkædɪs

Definitions

  1. The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
  2. A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
  3. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.

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Examples

“Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes:”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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