"like candy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1959, Mr. Hawkins, regarding Public Law 86-380, 86th Congress, H. R. 6904, September 24, 1959, published in 1989, Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations for fiscal year 1990, hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, part 4 (United States House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations)",
          "text": "But again, we run into this general problem. At some point you charge so much for your books that nobody uses them. … The staff is always on me because as Chairman I have the right to give some of these away and I'm giving them away like candy because I think they are so important to local communities."
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          "ref": "2012, A. J. Caro, DNA 9419, page 78:",
          "text": "You're making full-blown cures and giving them out like candy.",
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          "ref": "2020, Connie Mann, Beyond Power:",
          "text": "\"I suppose it could be. Course it could belong to any number of people, what with the feed store giving them out like candy.\"",
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        "Freely (with no or few restrictions on distribution) and/or in large quantities."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile, informal) Freely (with no or few restrictions on distribution) and/or in large quantities."
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  "word": "like candy"
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          "ref": "1959, Mr. Hawkins, regarding Public Law 86-380, 86th Congress, H. R. 6904, September 24, 1959, published in 1989, Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations for fiscal year 1990, hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, part 4 (United States House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations)",
          "text": "But again, we run into this general problem. At some point you charge so much for your books that nobody uses them. … The staff is always on me because as Chairman I have the right to give some of these away and I'm giving them away like candy because I think they are so important to local communities."
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              51,
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          "ref": "2012, A. J. Caro, DNA 9419, page 78:",
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          "text": "\"I suppose it could be. Course it could belong to any number of people, what with the feed store giving them out like candy.\"",
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        "Freely (with no or few restrictions on distribution) and/or in large quantities."
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        "(simile, informal) Freely (with no or few restrictions on distribution) and/or in large quantities."
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  "word": "like candy"
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