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Synonyms for caddies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kad-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæd i

Top 10 synonyms for caddies
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Définition of caddies

Origin :
  • 1630s, Scottish form of French cadet (see cadet). Originally "person who runs errands;" meaning of "golfer's assistant" is 1851. A letter from Edinburgh c.1730 describes the city's extensive and semi-organized "Cawdys, a very useful Black-Guard, who attend ... publick Places to go at Errands; and though they are Wretches, that in Rags lye upon the Stairs and in the Streets at Night, yet are they often considerably trusted .... This Corps has a kind of Captain ... presiding over them, whom they call the Constable of the Cawdys."
  • As in case : noun container; items in container
Example sentences :
  • I often do that myself, so the caddies can't sell me my own balls.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • Not even the fact that there were no caddies left and I had to carry my own clubs could depress me.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • "Na, na, naething o' the kind," interposed one of the caddies.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon
  • The chief of the Conservatives has certainly an enormous popularity with the caddies.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon
  • Finally, he summoned one of his caddies, who carried a metal cylinder.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Golf Stories » by Various
  • Unless you're golf-hungry, let's send the caddies back and have a talk.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • You recollect also how they all wanted to see you an' your brother play, an' be caddies for you?
  • Extract from : « The Light of Western Stars » by Zane Grey
  • My sister, and friends, and I will take turns as caddies for your team.
  • Extract from : « The Light of Western Stars » by Zane Grey
  • And how, may I ask, do the caddies find a ball that goes seventy-five miles?
  • Extract from : « Olympian Nights » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • Musk is imported into England from China, in caddies of from 50 to 100 ounces each.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Perfumery » by G. W. Septimus Piesse
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