- a variation of caddie.
caddy
1 Americannoun
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caddies
plural
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a container, rack, or other device for holding, organizing, or storing items.
a pencil caddy; a bedspread caddy.
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Chiefly British. tea caddy.
noun
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caddies
plural
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of caddy
First recorded in 1785–95; see origin at tea caddy
Example Sentences
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Imagine getting a scholarship to attend college by learning how to caddy?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Recommending taking your food recycling bin out every week, he said lining a food caddy meant food waste was less likely to get congealed and sticky.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
In June 2024, Payne Edelman took most of his savings from years of working as a caddy at a golf club near his hometown of Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., and invested the $17,000 into two stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
Maron plays Mitts, the former caddy and current grifting partner to Wilson’s old pro Pryce Cahill, a washed-up golf pro who finds a late-in-life second wind by discovering a young prodigy.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
Amber takes a hot iron from its caddy.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
However, there were players, caddies, staff and volunteers who shared a more pessimistic view with BBC Sport, with one describing it as the "last hurrah".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,” Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
A record 1,260 caddies in the program are enrolled at 27 universities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Amid the hostile atmosphere Saturday, tempers also flared between players and caddies as Fleetwood and Rose beat Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
We were slowing now to let some golfers and their caddies cross.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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