candy stripe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of candy stripe
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Indiana is…jump shots and candy stripe warm-up pants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Ruta’s salads include artful landscapes that bring together candy stripe beets, creamy avocado mousse and almonds.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020
The brothers also introduced bold colors as well as Madras, candy stripe and tartan patterns.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2016
Isadore Kantor, aged eleven and hunched with a younger Kantor over an oilcloth-covered table, hunched himself still deeper in a barter for a large crystal marble with a candy stripe down its center.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie
There was something so richly colored through it—like the candy stripe through a crystal.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
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