Meaning of Caddy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
2. A Cadillac car.
   US, informal
3. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
   also, attributive
4. Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).
   also, alt-of, alternative, attributive
5. A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
   broadly
6. A small lidded bin for food waste.
   broadly
7. A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
   broadly
8. A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.
   broadly

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Examples

“The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold⟳ a teacup, a set⟳, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.”

“A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies.”

“Place⟳ the disc in the DVD caddy.”

“Caddy, pass⟳ me my five iron⟳.”

“As caddy I had to carry⟳ the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep⟳ score⟳ of the number⟳ of strokes used, and watch⟳ and find⟳ each ball.”

“Then Carter Chapman picked out his putter, stepped confidently up to the ball, sighted once along the ground, and made his stroke. The ball rolled straight as a die⟳ toward the caddy who was holding the flag, and tinkled into the cup for a birdie three!”

“Call⟳ Caddy and tell⟳ her to meet⟳ us at six o'clock.”

“She pulled up in a shiny black Caddy at six o'clock.”

“All those ones live⟳ in those great big piecrust mock-Two-door houses with His and Hers Caddies parked out by the hydrangea bushes.”

“He's driving a ten-year old^([sic]) lime-green Caddy with a trunk full of golf clubs and one suitcase. We got a license⟳ number⟳.”

“So Dave backed his car in beside the Caddy, his eyes on the side door of the bar, no one having come⟳ out for a while.”

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