string bean
Americannoun
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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.
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the pod itself.
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Informal. a tall, thin person.
noun
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any of several bean plants, such as the scarlet runner, cultivated for their edible unripe pods See also green bean wax bean
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informal a tall thin person
Etymology
Origin of string bean
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
Example Sentences
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But Vanover hasn’t played in months, so the odds of a string bean battle seem slim.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
Height can be found on both sides of Watson’s family — his father is 6-5, his mother 5-10 — but no one else besides Peyton’s younger brother, Christian, has string bean arms and legs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022
Ginger said, "I think you’re right! You got the job string bean."
From Fox News • Jan. 7, 2022
It also features a very strong supporting cast whose standouts include the director Marielle Heller as Beth’s loving, enabling adopted mother, and a shockingly charming human string bean.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020
Before long, he was thumping around the house, thin as a string bean, swallowing buckets of food to regain the weight he’d lost.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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