runner bean

In April, Wehby was the front-runner; now, she is trailing badly and Oregon is safely in the D column.

To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.

And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.

Once even a blue bean (a bullet) made sad work with my head, and my fist has got a deuce of a smashing.

Brazilian bean; the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, indigenous to America.

Called "Brazilian bean," because it resembled a bean then known in France by that name.