- bean, old
- Affectionate, slightly old-fashioned form of address
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
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bean, old — The Clasgow Herald, in 1920, equated the terms ‘old bean’ and ‘old thing’ and associated them with the English spoken by Piccadilly toffs. Sinclair Lewis seems to do something rather similar in Babbitt, published in 1922. He puts ‘old bean’… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
old bean — (informal) An affectionate form of address, usu to a man • • • Main Entry: ↑bean * * * old bean, British Slang. old fellow; old man (as a familiar form of address). * * * I Brit., informal … Useful english dictionary
bean — [OE] The word bean (Old English bēan) has relatives in several Germanic languages (German bohne, Dutch boon, Swedish böna), pointing to a common West and North Germanic source *baunō, but that is as far back in history as we can pursue it.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
bean — [OE] The word bean (Old English bēan) has relatives in several Germanic languages (German bohne, Dutch boon, Swedish böna), pointing to a common West and North Germanic source *baunō, but that is as far back in history as we can pursue it.… … Word origins
old — A frequently used vocative element, meant to indicate affectionate familiarity in most cases, and usually addressed to a man. ‘Old boy’ has in recent times been one of the most popular combinations, followed by ‘old man’ and ‘old chap’.… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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Bean (Ender's Game) — Bean is a major character in Orson Scott Card s science fiction novels revolving around Ender Wiggin. He is an important supporting character in Ender s Game and the main character of the eponymous Bean Quartet (or Shadow Saga as it is officially … Wikipedia
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