noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a candy/meat thermometer (= used in cooking )
arm candy
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He had just invited me along as arm candy.
candy apple
candy cane
cotton candy
eye candy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bar
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He bought a comic, several candy bars and a bag of liquorice all-sorts.
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During the first few months of traveling, I ate only candy bars and salad with Tabasco sauce.
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I used to take candy bars , little toys, sharpened pencils, anything small and easy to mail to school.
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They take the wrappers off the candy bars I bring my son.
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Go to the grocery store and buy yourself a candy bar .
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The men took frequent smoke breaks; they ate candy bars and exchanged stories.
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People eat candy bars and put butter on their popcorn.
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Compare Boston Chicken to Mars, maker of the candy bars .
cotton
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Making more cotton candy requires buying a new, bigger machine.
store
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The proprietor of a North Hollywood candy store recently posted a sign saying he may no longer accept Wells Fargo checks.
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The thought depressed him so much he double-parked outside a candy store on Southern Boulevard and had a cigarette.
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Few can afford either the calories or the cost of frequent trips to these gourmet candy stores .
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He always stopped at a candy store near the corner and bought the Times.
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Spider lent him out to a friend who ran a candy store on Southern Boulevard.
wrapper
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Thrown away like a candy wrapper , thrown away like trash.
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His eyelids crackle like candy wrappers .
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Print your music on candy wrappers or on the backs of daguerreotypes.
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But when he walked over to it, he saw that it was only a candy wrapper .
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His knapsack and sketch pad and sleeping bag lay on the floor, candy wrappers scattered around them.
■ VERB
buy
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His throat was dry and he'd forgotten to buy any candy .
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Go to the grocery store and buy yourself a candy bar.
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The welcoming committee suggested they buy lots of candy for Halloween.
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We could order meals from outside and buy fresh fruits, candies , and toiletries.
eat
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If red candies have a reinforcing flavor and green candies do not, the child takes and eats red candies.
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During the first few months of traveling, I ate only candy bars and salad with Tabasco sauce.
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Wyatt had never seen an adult eat so much candy .
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The men took frequent smoke breaks; they ate candy bars and exchanged stories.
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People eat candy bars and put butter on their popcorn.
get
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Bout two years ago, I got some candy from Cornelia Timms and gave it to him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A quick cane easing the candy over the railing.
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Give out a lot of free candy and everybody is happy for a while.
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He looked too old to be coming around for candy .
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His knapsack and sketch pad and sleeping bag lay on the floor, candy wrappers scattered around them.
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If red candies have a reinforcing flavor and green candies do not, the child takes and eats red candies.
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They stare back defiantly at the crowds, menacingly baring their teeth, and grabbing candy trays with nimble speed.
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Thrown away like a candy wrapper, thrown away like trash.
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Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.