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candy striper definition

☆ candy striper

a teenage girl who does volunteer work in a hospital

Etymology: after the candy-striped uniform commonly worn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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