caddie
or cad·dy
Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.
any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects: a luggage caddie.
to work as a caddie.
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How to use caddie in a sentence
The mat simulates a real fairway, while the caddie feeds one ball at a time with a simple tap of the club.
11 on-sale Valentine’s Day gifts for the love of your life | Stack Commerce | January 27, 2022 | Popular-ScienceAgain, from what I understand, all the players and all the caddies will be here.
Steve Stricker’s U.S. Ryder Cup team has fresh faces, fewer scars | Chuck Culpepper | September 8, 2021 | Washington PostWe reserved caddies again the next morning for playing Pinehurst No.
In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’ | Chris Lindsley | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostWhen Hideki Matsuyama tapped in on the 18th green at the Masters on Sunday to become the first man from Japan to win a major golf championship, he stood expressionless, then walked toward his caddie so subdued that he did not even smile.
Hideki Matsuyama’s draining, pressure-packed win makes this Masters memorable | Thomas M. Boswell | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostJust preparing for the golf course, a golf course that I've never seen before, has been our biggest task, my caddie and I, and I think I did a good job today.
As PGA Tour players forge ahead in Florida, Tiger Woods casts a long shadow from California | Chuck Culpepper | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
Solomon Jones hopped out of the caddie and yelled up to King.
Did you hear, the caddie Retirement Fund at the P.B.C.C was invested with Madoff and is now wiped out?
But a step came hurrying down the stairs, the step of a heavy body lightly carried, and caddie Musgrave came in at a flying pace.
Country Neighbors | Alice Browncaddie opened her eyes and came to a posture more adapted to sustaining her end of the conversational burden.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownTo Marshmead it seemed as if he might as well have been born dumb, but caddie never omitted tribute to his great qualities.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownThis was excusable in her, because she had only the vaguest notions of golf or of the interrelations between caddie and player.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonNo one regarding him would have dreamed that he was at heart but a golf caddie or a driver of trucks for hire.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for caddie
caddy
/ (ˈkædɪ) /
golf an attendant who carries clubs, etc, for a player
(intr) to act as a caddie
Origin of caddie
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