The Caddy's Compendium...

Thanks to reader Bill for this "Caddy's Compendium" by Margaret Erskine Cahill and posted on the Schott's Vocab blog at NYTimes.com. They were mostly new to me!

The jungle means the rough. While a day in the clouds is used to describe working on a hilly course. The Scotchman is the appellation bestowed upon professionals, regardless of country. Big house is the club house. Matinee loopers are so stigmatized because of their habit of reporting for duty late or in the afternoon.

Ice cream caddies are schoolboys who earn spending money through caddying, but who do not depend upon it for a living. A looping fool is a caddy who holds the record for doing the most caddying per day, per week or per season at any particular course.