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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Etymology
Origin of caddy
First recorded in 1785–95; see origin at tea caddy
Example Sentences
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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
Medawar, the Harvard-Westlake teacher, said that the new app has made her job easier and that she no longer makes students deposit phones in a caddy at the start of class.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
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
If Goddard was just using his samurai blade, he didn’t need Rowan to be his weapons caddy.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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