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Meanings of caddish in English

Offensively discourteous.

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Usage of caddish in English
1
The most caddish affair I ever was in; but I wanted money.
The Whirlpool
2
To use an old-fashioned word, such behaviour would be regarded as caddish.
The Irish Times
3
It is time for us to go for this caddish alien sect.
On Something
4
He preferred to brood over his coarseness, his caddish ingratitude, his irreligion.
The Longest Journey
5
Well-butit's a caddish thing to say- Ithinkshe does expect it.
Sisters
6
He is a man incapable of the caddish villainy you impute.
Up the Hill and Over
7
He laughed, as jeering, evil, and caddish a laugh as I have ever heard.
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
8
He was both a caddish Bond and a decorated Nazi.
The Guardian
9
I hate saying all this to you, old man-itseems monstrously caddish, and really--
The Road to Mandalay: A Tale of Burma
10
You think I'm paying you an extremely caddish compliment-orelse-
King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
11
In America, that's considered caddish behavior, bordering on rape.
Secret Sanction
12
Should I be doing a caddish thing, I wondered?
Ruggles of Red Gap
13
It was stupid of Albert and caddish to have left such a thing lying about.
The Rains Came
14
It was caddish to think of marrying her, and monstrous to think of giving her up.
A Soldier of the Legion
15
It would be too caddish for words--
A Mating in the Wilds
16
You never do what you say you will now, and I think it's very caddish of you.
Secret Bread
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