Definition of arm candy
: a young attractive person who accompanies a usually older person at social events
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Hadid had her usual arm candy in tow—not Malik, but a Stalvey mini bag.
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And Tom is equally as supportive of his supermodel wife as her official arm candy at red carpet events.
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Instead, the big stories of the night were the women’s rousing speeches, snarky digs, activist arm candy and swishy all-black garb, which, not that it was supposed to matter, made for an especially glam red carpet.
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The actor was spotted at the 2017 Emmy Awards as the arm candy of his girlfriend, Saturday Night Live producer Lindsay Shookus.
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Is there any point to not giving every award to every clip from the sumptuous Lemonade, including the new category of Breakthrough Longform Video Of The Year, which seems expressly designed to give Beyoncé extra arm candy?
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First Known Use of arm candy
1992
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