candy cane

noun

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

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Yachty distracted referee Daphanie LaShaunn and Sami Zayn used a candy cane stick on Trick Williams. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 Zayn didn’t expect the equalizer – Lil Yachty – to rise out of the coffin and hit him with a candy cane. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 Get the candy cane-stripe effect by painting red food coloring gel inside of a pastry bag before piping the filling. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026 Even the cutie Chi has to convince her mom that there's no bad time to snack on a candy cane. Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026 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 16 May. 2026.

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