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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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
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
"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
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