candy cane

noun

US
: a stick of hard red and white candy with a curve at the top

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Icicle Shimmer Collection Included in the Icicle Shimmer Collection is a holly jolly snowman juggling snowflakes, an adorable twinkling candy cane adorned with a big red bow, and a toppling tower of presents waiting to be unwrapped. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025 Kehoe scrambled into red and white candy cane pajamas for Christmas. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Green yellow color and aromas of candy cane and limes. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 One surreal instant later, Allan Houston put down a forceful dribble, curled around Dan Majerle as tightly as a stripe on a candy cane and discovered a shaft of light. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for candy cane

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“Candy cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candy%20cane. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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