beano

¹

[bee-noh]

noun

1. bingo.

beano

²

[bee-noh]

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

plural

beanos 

1. beanfeast.

beano

/ ˈbiːnəʊ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beano¹

1930–35; blend of bean and keno

Origin of beano²

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

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.

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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.

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Otherwise the crowds were just what you get at large scale sporting beanos everywhere: a collection of rich people.

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

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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.

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