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  • noun US, informal A Cadillac car.

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  • It was proposed, for example, that the hair reported on Caddy might have a respiratory function (analogous to the hair-like growths seen on the frog Trichobatrachus), that the serpentine Cadborosaurus might somehow form a tuna-like body shape by bunching up the coils of its long body, that Caddy is viviparous and gives birth to large precocial babies, and that Caddy might be able to employ echolocation (Bousfield & LeBlond 1995).

    Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006

  • It was proposed, for example, that the hair reported on Caddy might have a respiratory function (analogous to the hair-like growths seen on the frog Trichobatrachus), that the serpentine Cadborosaurus might somehow form a tuna-like body shape by bunching up the coils of its long body, that Caddy is viviparous and gives birth to large precocial babies, and that Caddy might be able to employ echolocation (Bousfield & LeBlond 1995).

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • It seemed that Caddy's unfortunate papa had got over his bankruptcy -- "gone through the Gazette," was the expression Caddy used, as if it were a tunnel -- with the general clemency and commiseration of his creditors, and had got rid of his affairs in some blessed manner without succeeding in understanding them, and had given up everything he possessed (which was not worth much, I should think, to judge from the state of the furniture), and had satisfied every one concerned that he could do no more, poor man.

    Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853

  • It seemed that Caddy's unfortunate papa had got over his bankruptcy -- "gone through the Gazette," was the expression Caddy used, as if it were a tunnel -- with the general clemency and commiseration of his creditors, and had got rid of his affairs in some blessed manner without succeeding in understanding them, and had given up everything he possessed (which was not worth much, I should think, to judge from the state of the furniture), and had satisfied every one concerned that he could do no more, poor man.

    Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841

  • The Wilton Cake Caddy is one of the best I’ve found, with a wide base, roomy top, easy and secure clips for sealing the container, and a handle on top that makes it easy to carry anywhere.

    Baking Bites Holiday Gift Guide for Bakers | Baking Bites 2008

  • West Virginia barber Ron Jones's '33 Chevy truck is shot parked in front of a church sign reading PUT YOUR WILL IN NEUTRAL SO GOD CAN SHIFT YOU. Erwin Blumenfeld's' 50s photo of a gussied-up model resting her enigmatic face on the hood of a Caddy is a universe away, but the Cars "R" Us subtext is the same.

    All I Want For Christmas... 2008

  • There is something so inexpressibly absurd to me in the idea of Caddy being married!

    Bleak House 2007

  • The trunk of the Caddy was a safe place, but it could get seriously hot in there and he'd found the body in a cold cave.

    Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • There is something so inexpressibly absurd to me in the idea of Caddy being married!

    Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853

  • There is something so inexpressibly absurd to me in the idea of Caddy being married!

    Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841

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