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arm candy

Slang.
  1. a very attractive person who accompanies someone on a date, as at a public event, but is not romantically involved with that person.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arm candy1

1990–95

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Example Sentences

So I think there was some rebellious part of me that was, like, to play this arm-candy biker chick would just be fun.

“The idea of getting matched with men looking for arm candy was not my style,” she says.

He's often given the role of valet for Barbie's pink Corvette, or of short-lived arm candy.

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