candy-striper
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "So far the only females coming around were a few old nurses and some candy-stripers who brought stupid magazines like Field & Stream and Sports Illustrated."
- "“They all have the same mother?” asked Will. / “Of course. Mrs. Drone. Can’t you see the resemblance?” The nurse slopped toward the exit. “And I’m serious about having you all volunteer. The Linquists are expecting a litter of two-hundred and seven next week; we could use some candy-stripers.”"
- "They had to share the elevator with a troupe of candy-stripers heading off to the cafeteria for lunch."
- "As soon as the young girl started the Pitocin drip in my IV, I knew she had done it wrong. (It seemed there was only one true nurse at any time on duty, being aided by a couple of candy-stripers.)"