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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.
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-- Jamieson derives this word, or rather its Scotch diminutive, "cadie," from the French, _cadet_.
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In Algonquian languages, “cadie” is a suffix that means place, in combinations such as Tracadie, or Shubenacadie.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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In Algonquian languages, “cadie” is a suffix that means place, in combinations such as Tracadie, or Shubenacadie.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Atweel, I am a simple body, thats true, hinny, but I am no come to steal ony o his skeel for naething, said the farmer in his honest pride, and strutted away downstairs, followed by Mannering and the cadie.
Chapter XXXVI 1917
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On all the vast riches that would be poured into Scotland a toll should be paid which would add to her capital; and a fabulous prosperity would be shared by every Scotchman from the peer to the cadie.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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A cadie in Scotland was a carrier of a sedan-chair.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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There would be a prosperity such as might seem fabulous, a prosperity of which every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie, would partake.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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When they arrived, William sent a cadie to give notice to Colonel Gordon that he was arrived in town; but was detained upon business with a stranger, to whom he would be happy to introduce him, as he was an acquaintance of his father's, and had seen him within the last few years.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 John Mackay Wilson 1819
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Macfin the cadie, he'll be there about this time, and tell him I wish to speak to him. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'Atweel, I am a simple body, that's true, hinny, but I am no come to steal ony o' his skeel for naething, 'said the farmer in his honest pride, and strutted away downstairs, followed by Mannering and the cadie.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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