candyman
nounEtymology From candy + -man.
1
A male confectioner.
- Near the entrance is a candyman who makes butterflies, birds and fish from melted sugar.1989, Laurie Fullerton, Tony Wheeler, North-East Asia on a Shoestring:
2
Slang A male drug dealer.
- He was on the payroll as Marvin Movie Star's candyman, his drug connection.1987, Marc Olden, Gaijin:
- 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.2002, Elizabeth George, A Traitor to Memory: