| 单词 | candy maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmascandy maker b. With participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which candy expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in candy-loving, candy maker, candy-seller, etc. ΚΠ 1834 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 5 Aug. A confectioner in an English country town, as advertises for a journeyman candy maker, &c. 1853 To Public (Children's Aid Soc. N.Y.) 2 Mar. (single sheet) The cross-walk sweepers, the little apple-peddlers, and candy-sellers of our city. 1925 Today's Housewife Feb. 3/3 To the candy-loving mother, stern temperance in sweets seems almost cruelty. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Mar. 42/3 A Miltonic fallen angel, flanked by a candy-sucking half-wit. 1998 Entertainm. Weekly 17 July 28/3 Multiplexes and megaplexes (with a concession stand every six feet and plenty of buy-in-bulk candy dispensers). < as lemmas |
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