GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Caddie (?), n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.]
   1.  A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
   
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   2.  A lad; young fellow. [Scot.]  Burns.
   
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   3.  One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
   
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   4.  An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
   
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   Caddy (?), n.; pl. Caddies (#). [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay katī a weight of 1⅓ pounds. Cf. Catty.]
   1. A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy.
   
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   2. a container to hold objects when not in use.
   
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   3. (Computers) a container to hold a compact disk, used in some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable CD-ROMS, during recording.  It is approximately square and thin, slightly larger than the compact disk.  However, many CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring no caddy.
   
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