sieva bean
American
[see-vuh]
/ ˈsi və /
noun
Etymology
Origin of sieva bean
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; perhaps alteration of seewee or sewee “bean,” probably after the Sewee, an extinct American Indian tribe that lived on the South Carolina coast
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
