beanpole
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈbiːnˌpoʊl/
- Offensive
:
palillo (informal, despectivo)
- She was a skinny beanpole now, with long curly flyaway hair that was always in her eyes and a close-lipped smile she used to try to cover the mouthful of braces on her teeth.
- skinny beanpole
- an old beanpole
Examples
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Standing at six feet and weighing hardly anything, he was often described as a beanpole among his friends.
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He liked nearly everything about his life, and as he watched this six-foot-five beanpole dance toward the stockroom, he began to fear that his whole life was about to change.
Fiction book (1997) -
Until I started it, I had been a beanpole all of my life.
Blog text (7) -
"Not bad for a beanpole."
Fiction book (1998) -
I was a beanpole boy, and my hair was the color of wet straw.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Name's MacSwaine," Roy, a beanpole of a local carpenter, answered.
Fiction book (1999) -
A beanpole with a droopy mustache, Stein is an Anglo who has spent the better part of his life safeguarding archaeological sites for the Navajo Nation.
Academic text (2009) -
Here, woven into his talk of coastal saturation, the sixteen-year-old beanpole with the stand-up hair and the attitude has just announced the happy news that he won't be dropping out of school after all.
Fiction book (2000) -
When she stood next to her siblings, her beanpole figure was even more noticeable.
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During basketball practice, his beanpole physique made him a natural at reaching the rim.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who has very little body fat and looks underweight
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6.4
A very tall thin person that people call as a joke
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8.2
A very thin person whose clothes hang loosely
A person with very thin, long legs
A very thin, bony person
How Tall
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beanpole comes from the garden picture of a bean plant climbing a tall pole ('to climb'), and a very tall, thin person looks like that long support. So calling someone a beanpole means they are tall and skinny.