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Bean

noun

Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food. Synonym: edible bean.

Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans.

Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods. Synonym: bean plant.

Informal terms for a human head. Synonyms: attic, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle.

verb

Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.

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"Bean" Quotes from Famous Books

... compartment always will spell luxury to me. There were all those years on the road, you know, when I often considered myself in luck to get an upper on a local of a branch line that threw you around in your berth like a bean in a tin can every time the ...

— Emma McChesney & Co. • Edna Ferber

... words she gave the boy a withered bean-pod, and, summoning a meek little brownie, bade him see that the lad did not over-fill the acorn-cup, and that he did not so much as peck at a ...

— Junior Classics, V6 • Various

... The three bean-pickers were dressed alike in stout brown ginghams, checked by a white line, and all wore great faded aprons of blue drilling, with sufficient pockets convenient to the right hand. Miss Peggy Bond was a very ...

— A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches • Sarah Orne Jewett

... varmints want prairie chicken and fried trout. Tasty! Why, those old boys develop an elegant taste for dainties. Nothing but good old beef ever makes them even think of home again. Yes, my cook will give you his last bean, and make a presentation ...

— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams

... was yesterday," said Charlie. "I don't want any soup, Maggie. Yes, I know it's bean soup, but I don't want it, just ...

— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon

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