单词 | bean-eater |
释义 | bean-eatern. 1. A person who habitually or frequently eats beans. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating of other substances > eaters of other substances fig-eater1552 cheese eater1603 oat-eatera1668 bean-eater1710 cake eater1791 gag-eater1820 haggis-eater1834 gum-chewer1850 pie-biter1863 nut-eater1878 toxiphagus- 1710 tr. L. Maimbourg in tr. P. Bayle Dict. Hist. & Crit. II. 1466 (note) The Ancients..liv'd for their ordinary Diet, upon Pulse, to make their Voice clearer and finer; whence it is that the Heathens call'd those Singers, Bean-Eaters [Fr. mangeurs de Féves]. 1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins ii. 19 A select circle of acquaintance, among wharfingers, small boatmen and bean-eaters. 1879 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 535/1 I saw in the window a card: ‘Bean Feasts and Parties Supplied’... I was..glad to see..that the bean-eaters had their little merry-makings and picnickings. 1925 A. Kinnosuke Manchuria vii. 162 Admittedly, the Japanese are the champion bean-eaters of the world. 2002 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 26 Sept. f2 For bean eaters, the new findings..may be, well, music to their ears. 2. slang. a. U.S. A native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston, Massachussetts; = Beantowner n. at Beantown n. Derivatives.In plural frequently as a name or nickname for any of various Boston baseball teams. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > other towns or cities Bostonian1682 Philadelphian1744 Bostonese1785 Nantucketer1788 Chicagoan1851 Angeleno1857 New Orleanian1862 bean-eater1867 Chicagoese1868 Los Angeleno1871 San Franciscan1875 Los Angelena1883 Angelena1905 Orleanian1935 1867 G. E. Clark Seven Yrs. of Sailor's Life 252 Take that, you bean-eater. 1889 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 25 Aug. 15/5 The [Giants]..will have to wake up and play ball if they intend to contest that place with the boasting Beaneaters. 1948 Chicago Tribune 23 May ii. 6/2 The second baseman of the Boston Beaneaters..never was noted for his long ball hitting. 1999 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 21 Aug. c1 The brothers crack wise in their Hah-vahd Yahd beaneater accents. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. (derogatory and offensive). A person of Latin-American (esp. Mexican) origin. Cf. beaner n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [noun] > Mexico Mexican1578 yellowbelly1842 Mex1847 Mexicano1847 cholo1860 bean-eater1919 Meskin1953 beaner1965 1919 Dial. Notes 5 63 Bean-eater, a name given to the low class Mexicans. ‘That row of adobes is filled with bean-eaters.’ 1974 ‘A. C. Clark’ Cry Revenge! iv. 65 You and that..Mexican bean-eater done fucked me up! 1982 Guardian 2 July 13/2 ‘Argies’ and ‘bean-eaters’ had been the derisive nicknames for the enemy, on the long voyage south. 1995 L. Johnson Girls in Back of Class (1996) iii. 25 The first day of class, Mr. Lydecker pretended to read ‘Beaneater Lopez’ off the roll sheet, and Emilio walked out. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1710 |
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