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- beano 1888, colloquial shortening of beanfest "annual dinner given by employers for their workers" (1805); they had a reputation for rowdiness.
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beano — eano n. 1. a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards. Syn: lotto, bingo, keno. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beano — ► NOUN (pl. beanos) Brit. informal ▪ a party. ORIGIN abbreviation of BEANFEAST(Cf. ↑beanfeast) … English terms dictionary
beano — ☆ beano1 [bē′nō ] n. BINGO beano2 [bē′nō] n. [Brit. Informal] a festive party, banquet, or celebration … English World dictionary
beano — /ˈbinoʊ/ (say beenoh) noun Colloquial a beanfeast: *An then we as a beano up at Mar s – A slap up feed, wiv wine an two big geese. –cj denis, 1915 …
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Beano Cook — Carroll Hoff Beano Cook (born September 1, 1931) is an ESPN college football historian and commentator. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954.Cook received his unusual nickname at the age of 7 from a neighbor in… … Wikipedia
beano — I. noun (plural beanos) Etymology: alteration of beanfeast festive occasion Date: 1891 British a noisy festive celebration II. noun (plural beanos) Etymology: by alteration Date: 1935 … New Collegiate Dictionary
beano — beano1 /bee noh/, n. bingo. [1930 35; b. BEAN and KENO] beano2 /bee noh/, n., pl. beanos. Chiefly Brit. Slang. beanfeast. [1885 90; BEAN(FEAST) + O] * * * … Universalium
beano — noun a) The game bingo played using beans for the markers. b) a childrens party : a noisy festive celebration … Wiktionary
