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Topic: UTENSILS

Sense: 1
Date: 1800-1900
Language: Scottish English
Origin: caddie 'boy or man looking for the chance of a job' (18-20 centuries), from French cadet; CADET
Sense: 2
Date: 1700-1800
Language: Malay
Origin: kati a unit of weight

caddy

1 noun
     
cad‧dy1 plural caddies [countable]
1 also caddieDSG someone who carries the golf clubs for someone who is playing golf
2DFU a small box for storing tea
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