noun
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a tall stick or pole used to support bean plants
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slang a tall thin person
Etymology
Origin of beanpole
Example Sentences
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Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
And it certainly wasn’t the mentality that father and head coach Bill Bedgood tried to instill all these years in his sprouting 6-foot-9 beanpole of a son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
It wasn’t until the summer of 2019 that Desouza came across an open casting call looking for a Michael Cooper type: someone 6-foot or above who played basketball and was shaped like a beanpole.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2022
Nineteen years old, and skinny as a beanpole, he had been offered a training course working at the luxury department store Bonwit Teller, where he eventually landed a job in the advertising department.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2018
Mr. Lemoncello, looking like a beanpole wearing a tailcoat and a tiny birthday-party fireman’s hat, strode into the room through a side door.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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