Caddy vs Cuddy - What's the difference?
caddy | cuddy |
(golf) One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
(golf) To serve as a caddy , carrying golf clubs etc.
A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.
(nautical) a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck
a small cupboard or closet
(Scotland) A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 31:
*:folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter.
(UK, mining) A pony that works in a mine.
(dated) A blockhead; a lout.
A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
As nouns the difference between caddy and cuddy
is that caddy is (us|informal) a cadillac car while cuddy is (nautical) a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck or cuddy can be the coalfish ().caddy
English
Alternative forms
* caddieEtymology 1
From (etyl) '', from the (etyl) ''cadet .Noun
(caddies)- "Caddy , pass me my five iron."
Verb
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) kati .Noun
(caddies)Derived terms
* tea caddyReferences
* * ----cuddy
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from (etyl) .Noun
(cuddies)- (Hood)
- (Knight)