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Caddis   Listen
noun
Caddis  n.  A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "Caddises, cambrics, lawns."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Caddis" Quotes from Famous Books



... certain, that I have had numerous opportunities of seeing these shafts, these out-works of the Tarantula's abode; they remind me, on a larger scale, of the tubes of certain Caddis-worms. The Arachnid had more than one object in view in constructing them: she shelters her retreat from the floods; she protects it from the fall of foreign bodies which, swept by the wind, might end by obstructing it; lastly, she uses ...
— The Life of the Spider • J. Henri Fabre

... more," Bruno answered, very dolefully, "'cause it won't say what it would like to do next! I've showed it all the duck-weeds—and a live caddis-worm—- but it won't say nuffin! What—would oo like?' he shouted into the ear of the Frog: but the little creature sat quite still, and took no notice of him. "It's deaf, I think!" Bruno said, turning away with a sigh. "And it's time ...
— Sylvie and Bruno • Lewis Carroll



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