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beaner

bea·ner

US/ˈbinɚ/ uncommon dated informal slang us

noun

1.

a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter''s head

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Origin

From bean + -er. Literally "a person who eats beans", since beans are a staple of Mexican cuisine, and eaten in Boston as Boston baked beans.

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