beanpole
Example Sentences
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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
Joe is in many ways Arthur’s opposite, a somber, gray-bearded wreck of a man beside the Joker’s giggling, gaudily colored beanpole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2020
And when Betances holds that lead, here comes 6-foot-7 lefty Andrew Miller, built like a beanpole who owns the ninth.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2015
Hendricks was beginning to get a lot of commercial work on television "because I wasn't a typical model. I wasn't 5ft 11in or a beanpole".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2014
His hair was a mess of dark curls and he was still skinny as a beanpole, but his clothes fit perfectly.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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