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beatnik
[ beet-nik ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc.
beatnik
/ ˈbiːtnɪk /
noun
- a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)
- informal.any person with long hair and shabby clothes
Word History and Origins
Origin of beatnik1
Word History and Origins
Origin of beatnik1
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Example Sentences
While the plan has room for a few beatniks and a couple comparatively progressive intellectuals, most recruits are assigned to take on traditional roles of the era.
Guggenheim pulled the confirmed bachelor into her coven of beatnik friends.
After World War II, the Village went through an enormous renaissance as the bohemian beatnik art place.
At an underground party, Joyce introduced Peggy to her friend Abe Drexler (Charlie Hofheimer), a beatnik journalist.
That was the only place in town, as I understood, from the reports, outside of the beatnik place they could.
He was far, far different than the laughing, beatnik jabbering, youngster he had always seemed.
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