candy mann.

Brit.

/ˈkandɪ man/, U.S.

/ˈkændi ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural candy men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: candy n.², man n.¹

Etymology: < candy n.² + man n.¹

1. North American. A seller of confectionery. In early use: esp. a pedlar who sells confectionery.

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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of sweets

confectioner1591

tragematopolist1656

candy man1835

sweetmeat-seller1895

1835 Portland Mag. June 278 I had endured so much through the day that the sneering smile of the candy man went for nothing.

1892 Chicago by Day & Night xxv. 207 When he actually does marry, the florists and candy men may mark him off their books, for who is so foolish as to suppose a man is going to buy flowers and candy for his own wife?

1917 Atlantic Monthly June 781/2 When the candy-man came through the train, Ernest asked me..if I was going to buy any candy.

2009 M. Sixsmith Lost Child Philomena Lee iii. viii. 242 Being a candy man at the Kennedy Center was his fallback, but he was almost a qualified lawyer now.

2. English regional (north-eastern), Irish English, and Scottish. A rag-and-bone man who exchanges toffee for unwanted items. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Candy) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Fife, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, and Kirkcudbrightshire in 1938.

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1860 Newcastle Courant 6 July 2/4 Prisoner was what is generally called a ‘candy man’, and on the day in question was at the village of Whickham, in the exercise of his vocation... Two boys brought him those horse-shoes, for which he gave them some pieces of ‘candy’.

1866 Cork Examiner 25 Aug. He brought them home and placed them in a cupboard, intending to sell them to a ‘candy-man’.

1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 55 He'd hunt a' the hoose for a rag or a bane..To gi'e to the candyman—greedy wee Tam!

1898 Evening Echo 8 Oct. Eugene O'Connor,..who stated he was a ‘Candyman’, said that he was engaged in gathering rags yesterday evening.

3. English regional (north-eastern). Frequently derogatory. A bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment. Cf. bum-bailiff n. Now historical. [So called on account of the fact that during the Great Strike of the Northumberland and Durham coalfield in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from their cottages, some well-known itinerant sellers of ‘dandy candy’ (see dandy candy n.) from the Newcastle streets were recognized among them; the name subsequently came to be used to denote any person employed in the unpopular office of bailiff.]

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff

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catchpolea1382

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lurcher1785

fool-finder1796

messenger1801

bugaboo1809

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candy man1863

writter1882

sheriff1928

1863 Newcastle Chron. 31 Oct. The colliery carts and waggons stood at the doors and the furniture was handed out... It was evident that the ‘candymen’ had warmed to their work.

1886 Leeds Mercury 13 Jan. A large body of police and thirty ‘candymen’ arrived at Medoursley Collieries, Consett, near Durham, yesterday, for the purpose of evicting sixty unionists.

1923 E. Welbourne Miners' Unions of Northumberland & Durham vii. 128 For a week the evictions were suspended, then the candymen appeared again, with a much stronger escort of police.

1997 C. Emsley in D. Englander Brit. & Amer. iii. ii. 115 During a miners' strike in County Durham in 1891 the county police deployed to prevent disorder when ‘Candymen’, or bailiffs, were sent into the village of Silksworth to evict strikers from company housing.

4. slang. A drug dealer. Cf. candy n.² 3.

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1965 ‘Donovan’ Candy Man (sheet music) 2 Candy Man, I love the man, Yeah, my Candy Man he gets me high.

2017 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Main ed.) 1 a Improper prescribing has continued across Georgia. Recent cases suggest any type of doctor..can turn into a local candy man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	candy man
释义	candy mann. Brit. /ˈkandɪ man/, U.S. /ˈkændi ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural candy men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: candy n.², man n.¹ Etymology: < candy n.² + man n.¹ 1. North American. A seller of confectionery. In early use: esp. a pedlar who sells confectionery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of sweets confectioner1591 tragematopolist1656 candy man1835 sweetmeat-seller1895 1835 Portland Mag. June 278 I had endured so much through the day that the sneering smile of the candy man went for nothing. 1892 Chicago by Day & Night xxv. 207 When he actually does marry, the florists and candy men may mark him off their books, for who is so foolish as to suppose a man is going to buy flowers and candy for his own wife? 1917 Atlantic Monthly June 781/2 When the candy-man came through the train, Ernest asked me..if I was going to buy any candy. 2009 M. Sixsmith Lost Child Philomena Lee iii. viii. 242 Being a candy man at the Kennedy Center was his fallback, but he was almost a qualified lawyer now. 2. English regional (north-eastern), Irish English, and Scottish. A rag-and-bone man who exchanges toffee for unwanted items. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Candy) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Fife, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, and Kirkcudbrightshire in 1938. ΚΠ 1860 Newcastle Courant 6 July 2/4 Prisoner was what is generally called a ‘candy man’, and on the day in question was at the village of Whickham, in the exercise of his vocation... Two boys brought him those horse-shoes, for which he gave them some pieces of ‘candy’. 1866 Cork Examiner 25 Aug. He brought them home and placed them in a cupboard, intending to sell them to a ‘candy-man’. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 55 He'd hunt a' the hoose for a rag or a bane..To gi'e to the candyman—greedy wee Tam! 1898 Evening Echo 8 Oct. Eugene O'Connor,..who stated he was a ‘Candyman’, said that he was engaged in gathering rags yesterday evening. 3. English regional (north-eastern). Frequently derogatory. A bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment. Cf. bum-bailiff n. Now historical. [So called on account of the fact that during the Great Strike of the Northumberland and Durham coalfield in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from their cottages, some well-known itinerant sellers of ‘dandy candy’ (see dandy candy n.) from the Newcastle streets were recognized among them; the name subsequently came to be used to denote any person employed in the unpopular office of bailiff.] ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1863 Newcastle Chron. 31 Oct. The colliery carts and waggons stood at the doors and the furniture was handed out... It was evident that the ‘candymen’ had warmed to their work. 1886 Leeds Mercury 13 Jan. A large body of police and thirty ‘candymen’ arrived at Medoursley Collieries, Consett, near Durham, yesterday, for the purpose of evicting sixty unionists. 1923 E. Welbourne Miners' Unions of Northumberland & Durham vii. 128 For a week the evictions were suspended, then the candymen appeared again, with a much stronger escort of police. 1997 C. Emsley in D. Englander Brit. & Amer. iii. ii. 115 During a miners' strike in County Durham in 1891 the county police deployed to prevent disorder when ‘Candymen’, or bailiffs, were sent into the village of Silksworth to evict strikers from company housing. 4. slang. A drug dealer. Cf. candy n.² 3. ΚΠ 1965 ‘Donovan’ Candy Man (sheet music) 2 Candy Man, I love the man, Yeah, my Candy Man he gets me high. 2017 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Main ed.) 1 a Improper prescribing has continued across Georgia. Recent cases suggest any type of doctor..can turn into a local candy man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1835
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