string bean

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noun

any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.

the pod itself.

Informal. a tall, thin person.

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Origin of string bean

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Words nearby string bean

string, string along, string bag, string band, string bass, string bean, stringboard, stringcourse, stringed, stringed instrument, stringency

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How to use string bean in a sentence

That wealth of picks allows OKC to do things like take a shot on Pokuševski, a not-even-19-years-old-yet string bean who seems to play like a hybrid of Kristaps Porziņģis and Trae Young.
The Thunder Have Been Busier This Offseason Than Any Team In NBA History|Jared Dubin|December 11, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The drum beat the “long roll,” and the men that formed this “string-bean cavalry,” as they were called, crawled under the wagons.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs
And how many pounds are we nearer the string-bean state of existence, Mrs. Molly?
The Melting of Molly|Maria Thompson Daviess
His use of the word "peach" riled me and before I stopped to think, I said: "She reminds me more of a string-bean."
The Melting of Molly|Maria Thompson Daviess

If it is to be used as a snap or string bean for early market, quick-maturing green or wax-podded varieties are selected.
The Vegetable Garden|Anonymous
Butter bean salad is made the same as String Bean Salad, or dress with mayonaise.
Desserts and Salads|Gesine Lemcke

British Dictionary definitions for string bean

string bean

noun

any of several bean plants, such as the scarlet runner, cultivated for their edible unripe podsSee also green bean, wax bean

informal a tall thin person

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string bean

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