beano
1 Americannoun
noun
plural
beanosnoun
Etymology
Origin of beano1
1930–35; blend of bean and keno
Origin of beano2
First recorded in 1885–90; bean(feast) + -o
Example Sentences
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Rhod Gilbert was visibly distressed as he relived the night he found himself talking to the back of Sir Alex Ferguson's head at a footballers' beano in Mayfair.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2013
What about the moaners, I ask Jones; all those in Newport who say this is a corporate beano that has nothing to do with them?
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010
Lumb is not the first Englishman to use cricket's great spangled billionaire's beano as a springboard to international success.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2010
After Michigan's Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald vetoed a bill legalizing beano games, the Grand Rapids prosecutor decided to allow charity games, stamp out commercial ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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