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candy(2) (iou)



candy noun2. ['kandi] M17.
[from SUGAR-CANDY.]
Crystallized sugar, made by repeated boiling and slow evaporation. M17.
A sweet confection; sweets collectively. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
cotton candy, cough candy, etc.
Drugs, narcotics. N. Amer. slang. M20.
Comb.: candy ass N. Amer. slang a timid or cowardly person, a despicable person; candy-assed adjective (N. Amer. slang) timid, cowardly, despicable; candy bar N. Amer. a bar of toffee or other sweet substance, a bar of chocolate; candy cane N. Amer. a stick of striped rock with a curved end, resembling a walking-stick; candyfloss: see FLOSS noun2 4; candy-man (a) (chiefly Hist.) an itinerant seller of sweets etc.; (b) N. Amer. slang a pedlar or pusher of drugs; candy-store N. Amer. a sweetshop; candystripe a pattern, in alternate stripes of white and colour (esp. pink); candystriped adjective having candystripes; candystriper N. Amer. a (usu. teenage) volunteer assistant nurse in a hospital (from the striped uniform worn); candy-sugar = SUGAR-CANDY.