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
Were we just weeks away from Melinda being photographed with Hollywood’s current go-to male arm candy, Pete Davidson?
From Slate ● May 4, 2021
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
Hunter was the aspirational dream boat for swarms of Baby Boomers and the perfect arm candy for Natalie Wood and Debbie Reynolds, all while hiding his homosexuality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2018
They have been treated like fakes and posers and interlopers and arm candy.
From The Verge ● Dec. 21, 2017
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