cad.
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
Meaning & usage
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.
An idle hanger-on about innyards.
Where this word comes from
Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from Occitan capdet (“chief, captain”), from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”).
to mat or felt together
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Ferguson (1875) thought this to be of Celtic origin; possibly from a Cumbric equivalent to Welsh cydio (“to join, couple”).
A caddis (caddisfly larva).
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