- a variation of caddie.
caddy
1 Americannoun
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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.
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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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It would mean no more to him than having his caddy toss one of his poorly struck balls onto the green.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 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
He is surely tired of being called Rich Paul’s caddy, and he knows it’s time for a divorce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
As she put the kettle on the stove and busied her hands with the tea caddy, she was thinking hard.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Bartenders in Boston are talking about Scottish consumption in the way caddies talk about Ben Crenshaw’s putting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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
It’s happened to five Los Angeles-area high school students awarded the Evans Scholarship, a full housing and tuition grant offered to golf caddies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Photographers often chat to caddies and ask for help from time to time in how they position the bag, or clubs, to aid us in getting the best shot.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
They brought their caddies in mounded up, she marked them off and paid out.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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