beano
1 Americannoun
noun
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beanos
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of beano1
1930–35; blend of bean and keno
Origin of beano2
First recorded in 1885–90; bean(feast) + -o
Example Sentences
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And as football's cork-popping, cigar-chomping beano continues unabated there is a temptation, perhaps, to feel the banker-bonus reflex kick in, to revolt at such opulence in the face of savage austerity elsewhere.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011
What about the moaners, I ask Jones; all those in Newport who say this is a corporate beano that has nothing to do with them?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Similarly, any likeness between this bank holiday beano and your average club night will be purely by accident, rather than by design.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2010
After Michigan's Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald vetoed a bill legalizing beano games, the Grand Rapids prosecutor decided to allow charity games, stamp out commercial ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
I usually get out of them myself; official beanos bore me.
From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay
Next twenty Sundays for four hundred and seventy-five beanos, cash in advance.
From Rope by Holworthy Hall
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