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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

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

I was very skinny as a child, in fact, I looked pretty much like a beanpole until I left school.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2019

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

One of the two men, a great tall beanpole, looked as if a giant had pressed his face flat with his thumb.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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