| 单词 | candy boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmascandy boy C3. U.S. slang. As a modifier, designating a person (esp. a boy or man) considered to be cowardly, timid, foppish, effeminate, etc., as in candy boy, candy kid, etc. Now rare.Cf. candy-ass adj. ΚΠ 1906 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. 1/2 I spots a couple of the candy boys gettin' cold feet. 1914 Chicago Examiner 13 Dec. Are you going to let a fashion plate, a candy dude, insult us in this way and do nothing about it? 1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang ii. xii. 216 Some of the boys of that part of town came out yelling ‘candy kids’ and began throwing stones. 2009 J. Tom Childlike (e-book, accessed 7 May 2020) v. 53 ‘Come on and get us you candy boys,’ he yelled. < as lemmas |
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