beano

¹ American  

[bee-noh] / ˈbi noʊ /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

plural

beanos

1. beanfeast.

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beano ² American  

[bee-noh] / ˈbi noʊ /

noun

1. bingo.

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beano British  

/ ˈbiːnəʊ /

noun

1. slang a celebration, party, or other enjoyable time

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Etymology

Origin of beano¹

First recorded in 1885–90; bean(feast) + -o

Origin of beano¹

1930–35; blend of bean and keno

Example Sentences

There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers.

From Literature

Until the infrastructure demands of these vast sporting beanos are relaxed and applied more sensibly let the contagion land on Qatar, who can at least afford it.

From The Guardian

Inside the stadium, crowds have been what you might expect at these large scale sporting beanos: basically a collection of rich people.

From The Guardian

And beyond this to hope that some part of this great, messy, ugly, beautiful, global, sporting beano can speak more loudly than the rumbles that have surrounded Brazil 2014’s difficult seven-year labour.

From The Guardian

Tonight's beats beano incorporates a warm-up party for next month's Life festival, as well as introducing Belfast clubbers to the skills of Leeds-Edinburgh duo Forward Strategy Group.

From The Guardian