human bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A human being.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-human bean.wav

Word forms

human bean human beans

Etymology

Introduced or popularized by Roald Dahl's children's novel The BFG (1982).

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