arm candy
AmericanEtymology
Origin of arm candy
1990–95
Example Sentences
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Just two years after “Cruise” debuted, duo Maddie & Tae had heard enough about arm candy and daisy dukes to satirize the subgenre’s views on women with 2015’s “Girl in a Country Song.”
From Salon • May 16, 2025
My daughter was getting married, and I needed an escort — arm candy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023
Kristoff and an oily prince called Hans yap about, gesturing at being the hero, before winding up as arm candy for Anna, an irrelevance to Elsa.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2019
Lyanna Mormont, my new personal hero, eviscerates Jon in the Great Hall for leaving Winterfell as King in the North and returning as Daenerys’ arm candy.
From The Verge • Apr. 15, 2019
But if many of Britney’s past flames suggested lapses in her self-esteem, Asghari—chiseled, sensibly bearded, impossibly handsome—is the arm candy of a woman more self-possessed than ever.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2018
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