beano
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Other Word 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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Rhod Gilbert was visibly distressed as he relived the night he found himself talking to the back of Sir Alex Ferguson's head at a footballers' beano in Mayfair.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2013
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
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
My name is stheno, he’d thought it said beano.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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