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candy striper
noun
a teenaged volunteer nursing assistant in a hospital US, 1963
From their pink and white uniforms.- Candy Stripers are not saccaharine youngsters with a Lady Bountiful complex. — San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle California Living Magazine, p. 22, 20 November 1966
- A candy striper at 17, Roth helped a doctor, who had artificial arms, rehabilitate a boy who had just lost his foot. — Washington Post, p. B7, 22 April 1979
- I even cleaned up and wore a suit so I wouldn’t panic the little candy stripers. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Secrets of Harry Bright, p. 195, 1985
- When she was growing up, Furukawa did a lot of volunteer work, including serving as a candy striper. — Chicago Daily Herald, p. 1, 11 April 2004
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