- 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
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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
They also advised that all food waste shout be put into a food waste caddy and recyclable materials should be rinsed to help stop them being attacked by birds, animals or other vermin.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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
And you could just feel the closeness that he had with the caddy and just that human thing was, was very nice.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2024
"I used to caddy once in a while, just to make some dough. I caddy'd for her mother a couple of times. She went around in about a hundred and seventy, for nine holes."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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
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
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 all shuffle into the bathroom with our toiletry caddies.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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