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candy striper

noun

, Informal.
  1. a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of candy striper1

First recorded in 1960–65; so called from the red and white striped uniform often worn

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Example Sentences

A kind person, she had volunteered as a “candy-striper” in a hospital.

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