BEAN
ADJECTIVES
1440 ► BAINED burst, split; said of beans and peas → obs.
NOUNS
1866 ► FAUP a pod of beans or peas, full or shelled → Sc. obs.
20C.. ► ABERDEENS beans → Brit. rhyming sl.
20C ..► KINGS AND QUEENS baked beans → rhyming sl.
20C ..► KINGS ON HOLY GHOST baked beans on toast → rhyming sl.
20C ..► MUSICAL FRUIT beans → US sl.
20C ..► WHISTLE-BERRIES beans, ‘musical fruit’ → US sl.
1900 ► CRACKERS beans → US sl.
1905 ► THUMP beans and mashed potatoes → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1906 ► BREAK BEANS snap beans, green beans → Amer. dial.
1910 ► ARTILLERY beans → World War I Amer. sl.
1910 ► BULLETS beans → World War I Amer. sl.
1910 ► DUMDUMS beans → World War I Amer. sl.
1910 ► REPEATERS beans; sausages → World War I Amer. sl.
1910 ► STARS AND STRIPES beans with bacon → World War I Amer. sl.
1911 ► BLACK VICTUAL beans and peas → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 ► COMMISSARY BULLETS beans → Amer. navy sl.
1928 ► AMMUNITION beans → US military sl.
1937 ► BOSTON WOODCOCK pork and beans → Amer. dial.
1940 ► BEANTOWN SPECIAL Boston baked beans → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► CAMP STRAWBERRIES beans → World War II Amer. sl.
1942 ► ARMY CHICKEN frankfurters and beans → US sl.
1944 ► BOCK the string bean → Amer. dial.
1946 ► LIGHT ARTILLERY beans → Amer. dial.
1954 ► POOTERS white soup beans; so called because white beans are supposed to create an exorbitant amount of gas in the stomach (poot = a fart) → Amer. dial.
1956 ► FIRECRACKERS beans → Amer. dial.
1960 ► SHUCK the pod of a bean or pea →
1966 ► PEELING the pod of a bean or pea → Amer. dial.
1968 ► ASS-POOTS beans → Amer. sl.
1968 ► VIRGINIA CAVIAR beans or peas → Amer. dial., nickname
1969 ► GRAIN beans → Amer. dial.
1970 ► TEXAS STRAWBERRIES red beans → US sl.
1979 ► LOGGING BERRIES beans → Amer. lumberjacks’ usage
1988 ► MUSICAL VEGETABLES baked beans → Brit. sl.
1990 ► MILTON KEYNES baked beans; beans → rhyming sl.
1991 ► ALASKA STRAWBERRIES beans → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1659 ► BEAN-BELLY a great eater of beans
1824 ► BEAN-SETTER a person who plants beans
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