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beanpole

[been-pohl] / ˈbinˌpoʊl /
NOUN
a tall, thin person
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Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2023

Those traits allowed Clark to defend every player on the court, from jitterbug point guards to beanpole centers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2023

It wasn’t until the summer of 2019 that Desouza came across an open casting call looking for a Michael Cooper type: someone 6-foot or above who played basketball and was shaped like a beanpole.

From Washington Post May 15, 2022

Nineteen years old, and skinny as a beanpole, he had been offered a training course working at the luxury department store Bonwit Teller, where he eventually landed a job in the advertising department.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2018

Cat had been cleaned up, her wounds washed and bandaged, but she was skinny as a beanpole, and her hands shook when she picked up the silverware.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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