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beanery

[bee-nuh-ree] / ˈbi nə ri /


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June Havoc, who ought to know, plays an ex-vaudevillian married to the owner of a mountain beanery, whose daughter is afraid to tell her that she has secretly married and wants out of show business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rejected by the conservatory where he hoped to study, he is forced to work at a low job tickling the ivories in a busy beanery.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the novel begins, Raul sits in a beanery in The Bronx, near the Cabot School, wrapped in a satisfying combination of doom and glory.

From Time Magazine Archive

If money is forced upon me through the enterprise, I shall found a hospital or a free beanery with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old Hugh Braddy would have gone humbly to a one-armed beanery for one black coffee and one doughnut—price, one dime.

From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell

His name became as current in Broadway beaneries as stale bagels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many campers prefer to eat at the local beaneries, but a few still cook on their own fires with supplies from a local supermarket.

From Time Magazine Archive

I quit two or three times, thinking I could make a living writing scenarios, but I always had to go back to the beaneries.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins

However, after stuffing my pockets with all my earthly possessions, we hiked forth and steered for the Builtfast—the very latest thing in expensive beaneries.

From You Should Worry Says John Henry by Hugh McHugh




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