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
Andrew Das: Yerry Mina, Colombia’s beanpole center back, already showing how critical he will be again tonight.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2018
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
Mr. Lemoncello, looking like a beanpole wearing a tailcoat and a tiny birthday-party fireman’s hat, strode into the room through a side door.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
