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  • noun The quality of being a cad.

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Examples

  • Number two, directly related to number one: She reasonably fears being abandoned by a caddish man that she lusts after, whose caddishness has nothing to do with her "self."

    Nina Burleigh: Franzen's Female Trouble Nina Burleigh 2010

  • Number two, directly related to number one: She reasonably fears being abandoned by a caddish man that she lusts after, whose caddishness has nothing to do with her "self."

    Nina Burleigh: Franzen's Female Trouble Nina Burleigh 2010

  • Anyway thank you for an amusing few moments What a pleasure it is to find such a group of intelligent people who think any small authorpublished and copyrighted can be ripped off by a big entertainment Juggernaut but then it's very bad form,greed or just caddishness that makes anyone stand up for their rights

    Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010

  • Based on the Oscar Wilde novel (which I remember being nonplussed by as a boy), it follows Gray the innocent as he becomes corrupted by the pleasure-seeking Colin Firth, yearned after by painter Ben Chaplin, loved by a no-name actress and soon becomes such a cold hedonist he outdoes his mentor in caddishness.

    Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Day 3: Cartoons, Cads and Commies 2009

  • Despite or because of Flashman's caddishness, can fangirls enjoy them too?

    Archive 2008-02-01 Darlene 2008

  • Despite or because of Flashman's caddishness, can fangirls enjoy them too?

    Darlene's Digest Darlene 2008

  • It is a challenge to caddishness, because it reminds us of a more gracious world of courtesy; and of customs which assumed a sort of dignity in human relations.

    G.K.'s Weekly - Christmas Must Go 2008

  • Research has shown that they use facial gestures to mask the true caddishness of their natures.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • Research has shown that they use facial gestures to mask the true caddishness of their natures.

    Training my Eyebrows Glyn Davies 2007

  • The movie that follows is an encyclopedia of pre-feminist caddishness.

    The Last Gasp of the 1950's, In Trashy, Sexy Cinemascope 2005

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