/ kæd; NAmE / noun
( old-fashioned ) a man who behaves in a dishonest or unfair way
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent. (denoting a passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for personal profit): abbreviation of caddie or cadet .
/ kæd; NAmE / noun
( old-fashioned ) a man who behaves in a dishonest or unfair way
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent. (denoting a passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for personal profit): abbreviation of caddie or cadet .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005