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单词 not a bean
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not a bean
f. Formerly, a sovereign or a guinea; now only in phraseological use, a coin, a bit of money ( not a bean, no money whatever, not a cent). slang.
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1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Bean, a guinea.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. vi. 34 As yellow as a bean.
1837 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood (rev. ed.) xxviii. 245 Offering a bean to half a quid (in other words, a guinea to a half-guinea).
1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold v. vi ‘Here's some of the beans,’ he continued figuratively, as he drew five sovereigns from the same pocket.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xii. 80 Flood, who had anteed up his last bean.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv They..never saved a bean, having no beans to save.
1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club iii None of the Fentimans ever had a bean, as I believe one says nowadays.
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