candyman
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candyman (plural candymen)
- A male confectioner.
- 1989, Laurie Fullerton, Tony Wheeler, North-East Asia on a Shoestring:
- Near the entrance is a candyman who makes butterflies, birds and fish from melted sugar.
- (slang) A male drug dealer.
- 1987, Marc Olden, Gaijin:
- He was on the payroll as Marvin Movie Star's candyman, his drug connection.
- 2002, Elizabeth George, A Traitor to Memory:
- This bloke looked just like a candyman with his expensive togs and the glitter of a gold watch in the lights from the car park.
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male confectioner
drug dealer
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