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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1835-1858
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CADDIE, n.3 Also caddy. In combs. caddie-bolt, caddie-nail, a bolt or iron-pin used in fixing the body of a cart to its axle (Ags., Per. 1975).Sc. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 351:
A pair of common cart-wheels, with axle, carry two slender beams of wood, fixed to the axle by caddy-bolts. Sc. 1858 H. Stephens Farm Implements 423:
In piercing the shafts for the caddy-bolts, the same rule is observed as for those of the tilt-cart.
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