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means A hard, usually peppermint-flavored stick of candy, traditionally striped red and white and curved into a hook at one end, eaten especially around Christmas.

from From "candy" (ultimately from Arabic qandi, "sugared," via Persian and the sugar trade through medieval Europe) plus "cane," for its hooked, walking-stick shape. The plain white sugar stick is old; the now-iconic curved hook and red stripes are a later flourish, popularized in America. A fond legend claims a German choirmaster bent the candy into a shepherd's crook to keep children quiet during a Nativity service — a sweet story, but there's no solid evidence for it, so treat it as folklore rather than fact.