beatnik
[ beet-nik ]
/ ˈbit nɪk /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc.
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Example sentences from the Web for beatnik
Guggenheim pulled the confirmed bachelor into her coven of beatnik friends.
At an underground party, Joyce introduced Peggy to her friend Abe Drexler (Charlie Hofheimer), a beatnik journalist.
That was the only place in town, as I understood, from the reports, outside of the beatnik place they could.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe was far, far different than the laughing, beatnik jabbering, youngster he had always seemed.
Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for beatnik
beatnik
/ (ˈbiːtnɪk) /
noun
a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)
informal any person with long hair and shabby clothes
Word Origin for beatnik
C20: from beat (n) + -nik, by analogy with Sputnik
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