beano

¹ American  

[bee-noh] / ˈbi noʊ /

noun

1. bingo.

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beano ² American  

[bee-noh] / ˈbi noʊ /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

plural

beanos

1. beanfeast.

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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

1930–35; blend of bean and keno

Origin of beano²

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

Example Sentences

Meanwhile for Lobanovsky, Kiev's Euro 2012 football beano is in its quiet way a hometown coronation, the silent spectre flickering just out of sight, a ghost at his own feast.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012

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

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

My name is stheno, he’d thought it said beano.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan