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单词 beantown
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Beantownn.

Brit. /ˈbiːntaʊn/, U.S. /ˈbinˌtaʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bean n., town n.
Etymology: < bean n. + town n., in allusion to the popular association of Boston with baked beans; compare Boston baked beans n. at Boston n.2 Compounds, bean-eater n.
(A nickname for) the city of Boston, Massachusetts.In quot. 1862 in humorous reference to an unspecified New England town, as contrasted with a Midwestern one.
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1862 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 88/1 We would compromise the affair by having the following paragraph printed in six consecutive numbers of the Beantown Journal and the Porkville Express.
1883 Washington Post 18 Feb. 5/6 Solid old Boston is delighted with the new play, and if Beantown enthuses over anything it is a big go in every other place.
1901 ‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft ii. 58 P'raps Bean-Town ain't so rotten as Chi..but that ain't the point.
1946 Los Angeles Times 16 Oct. 1/6 The American Leaguers from Beantown..took it on the chin.
2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Aug. 57/1 The 40-ish swindler was tooling around Beantown in a blue limo and talking of running for mayor.

Derivatives

ˈBeantowner n. a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston; spec. a member of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
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1915 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 24 Sept. 17/5 The Phillies will have a mighty hard row to hoe when they stack up against the Red Sox next month and on paper it looks as if the Beantowners will be an odds favorite.
1997 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 31 Dec. f2 Bostonians tell me a Beantowner's ‘spuckie’ is a dinner roll, not a sandwich.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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