string bean

Definitions

1. Any long, slender green bean.
2. A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
3. An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
4. A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
5. A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
6. A tall and thin person.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Summer squashes almost in their golden blossom; cucumbers, now evincing a tendency to spread⟳ away from the main stock⟳, and ramble far and wide; two or three rows of string-beans and as many more that were about to festoon themselves on poles;”

“Well, I rung the fallout shelter⟳ bell / And I leaned my head and I gave a yell⟳ / “Give⟳ me a string bean, I’m a hungry man” / A shotgun fired and away I ran”

“My way o’ doing things suits me, and I don’t figure⟳ on changing it for you or any other half-baked young string-bean.”

“She was once a tall stringbean of a girl whom the boys called “Red” in high school.”

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