candy-striped

[ kan-dee-strahypt ]

/ ˈkæn diˌstraɪpt /

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adjective

having a design in candy stripe.

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Origin of candy-striped

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby candy-striped

Candygram, candy pull, candy roaster, candy store, candy stripe, candy-striped, candy striper, candytuft, cane, Canea, canebrake

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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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In fact, that candy store is heavy industry, with all the mess that entails.
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Another returned a printer box stuffed with a candy-filled piñata.
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These medications will not continue to work when we need them if they are handed out like candy.
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Meanwhile younger, lighter colors evoke citrus and tree fruits, candy sugars and vanilla toffee.
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He swerved as he passed it, and, looking, saw that it was a bundle wrapped in a striped blanket.
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Clarence's papa said the candy had better be eaten by monkeys than by boys; but I doubt whether Clarence was of that opinion.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
He fed the monkeys with candy, and laughed to see them hang by their tails while they took it from his hand.
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The badge of the order was a ribbon, striped black, white and yellow, and the device something like an icicle.
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It is extremely soluble in water, and can be obtained in large transparent prismatic crystals, as in common sugar-candy.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for candy-striped

candy-striped

adjective

(esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background

Derived forms of candy-striped

candy stripe, noun

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