caddie
Americannoun
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Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
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a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.
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any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects.
a luggage caddie.
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of caddie
1625–35; earlier cadee, variant of cadet < French; see cadet
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After a lenghty, and at times animated, discussion involving DeChambeau, his caddie and officials, the U.S. golfer was assessed a two-stroke penalty that dropped him into a fifth-place tie and three strokes back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He appeared last year as cold-blooded gangster Colorado in crime thriller Caught Stealing alongside Austin Butler, Regina King and Zoë Kravitz; and as Happy Gilmour's eccentric golf caddie Oscar in Adam Sandler's comedy sequel.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Freddie Bennett retired in 1999 after 46 years as caddie master and 51 years on the property — just as long as his son would work there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
When it comes to improving a golfer’s game, AI, in many respects, is assuming the role of a personal instructor and caddie combined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
By each braw and kilted laddie, Gudeman douce, and gude-boy caddie, Ye may weel at once eradi- -cate frivolity!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various
My dad came over and caddied for me, and he said to me, why do you play this game?
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now they were on a strict budget as Mr. Bamberger caddied for a journeyman American golfer named Peter Teravainen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
All five students caddied in Illinois during summer training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Woods has caddied for his son — one of those events is what gave him the green light to play in the Bahamas — and watched him develop.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
My sisters wished me well, and George promised to come to Ellis Park after he had caddied at a golf course in a white suburb nearby.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Cummins is applying for sometimes dozens of jobs a day in insurance, banking and other fields, and even brings his laptop to his caddying gig at a local country club to pursue leads between rounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
But when he one day saw boys caddying for players at a nearby golf course, he decided to get out of the fields to try that line of work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
Woods said on Tuesday that caddying for his son Charlie at a 54-hole tournament earlier in November showed him he was ready to return to competitive golf.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
But the amateur golf tournament Dove had been caddying for at Bethesda Country Club that week had ended in a tie, necessitating another round.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
"Not much chance for caddying then, I suppose?" asked the President.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) Fanning
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