candy stripe

noun

: a design consisting usually of bright-colored stripes of one color against a plain background especially in textiles

his shirts … were silk with candy stripes

—Joseph Mitchell

candy-striped

ˈ⸗⸗¦strīpt

adjective

Word History

Etymology

so called from the similarity of the design to that of some stick candy

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