old bean

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old bean

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Possibly from playful mid-word substitution of "boy" in "old boy"

noun old beans

UK, dated, slang, sometimes, term of address An old friend; an old chap or fellow. […] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]

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"old bean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/old%20bean. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"old bean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/old%20bean.

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@misc{old_bean_2026,
  title = {old bean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20bean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}