beano

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of beanfeast.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbiːnəʊ/

Noun

beano (plural beanos)

1. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
   • 1912, Katherine Manfield, "The Woman at the Store", Selected Short Stories:

     You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIII:

     For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker.

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 419:

     ‘Every year,’ said Lord Galen happily, ‘I have this little beano as a farewell treat before leaving France.’

2. (figuratively) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.

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Italian

Verb

beano

1. third-person plural present indicative of beare

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