noun
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a tall stick or pole used to support bean plants
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slang a tall thin person
Etymology
Origin of beanpole
Example Sentences
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Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023
And it certainly wasn’t the mentality that father and head coach Bill Bedgood tried to instill all these years in his sprouting 6-foot-9 beanpole of a son.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023
As a dancer, Peter Walker, a dark-haired beanpole amid the New York City Ballet corps, has an unusually adult and purposeful look.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018
He’ll need all that stockiness, Payet is no beanpole either.
From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2015
One of the two men, a great tall beanpole, looked as if a giant had pressed his face flat with his thumb.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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