candy striper
noun/ˈkændi straɪpə(r)/
/ˈkændi straɪpər/
(North American English)- a young person, usually a girl, who works in a hospital as a nurse’s assistant without being paid
- As a teenager she started volunteering as a candy striper at Guelph General Hospital.
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