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Definition of beano in English: beanonounPlural beanos ˈbiːnəʊ British informal A party. 〈英,非正式〉社交聚会 a traditional Bank Holiday beano Example sentencesExamples - Send a Reg staffer to any corporate lunch, beano or junket (as long as you foot the bill).
- In the end, however, Young sickens of the relentless, soulless fakery of such beanos and retires to a humble life of scrivening in London.
- Anne Robinson, her of The Weakest Link, was in the Telegraph yesterday telling how she shared a car with a governor who regaled her on how great the beanos and dinners were - and didn't seem to care about the rest of the job.
- Those marketing types still know how to organise a beano.
- The Guild of Scriveners organises the beano, which involves teams dressed up in medieval garb sampling the beer in city centre pubs.
- From where I'm sitting they look revolting, as too do all those dreadful people you've invited along to your frozen food beano.
- Those readers thinking of making their way to this year's Munich Oktoberfest to enjoy a bit a light stein-sucking are warned that the 2004 beer beano may a livelier affair than usual.
- Families are sure to enjoy a four-night Christmas beano at Pontin's, which starts from just £63 per person based on four sharing a self-catering budget apartment.
- Register security chiefs promised a total and immediate clampdown, centering on limiting access to PR bunnies and a complete ban on PR-sponsored lunchtime beanos.
- ‘You'd get beanos with coachloads of men and women, drunk as lords by the time they got here, going wild,’ says Philip.
- This may sound like a surreal vignette from Oktoberfest, Munich's annual booze beano, which kicks off this weekend, but this was a much more local, less commercialised affair.
- Within reason, let them have a beano - soda-pop, lime juice, or even milk shakes are quite safe in moderation.
Synonyms social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social
OriginLate 19th century: abbreviation of beanfeast. Rhymesalbino, bambino, babycino, Borodino, Borsalino, cappuccino, casino, chino, Comino, concertino, Filipino, fino, Gino, keno, Ladino, Latino, Leno, maraschino, merino, Monte Cassino, Navarino, neutrino, Pacino, palomino, pecorino, Reno, San Marino, Sansovino, Torino, Trevino, Valentino, vino, Zeno |