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Boston baked beans

Boston baked beans noun: a variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon.

boston baked beans: a variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon
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Noun

Boston baked beans sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) A variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
    • Boston baked beans is a lovely winter supper: Andy Appleton, head chef at Fifteen in Cornwall, sent me a nice recipe for creamy borlotti beans which I've been whacking on toast for breakfast.2011 February 22, Oliver Thring, “Consider baked beans”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2014

Questions about Boston baked beans

What does Boston baked beans mean?
Boston baked beans means a variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
What part of speech is Boston baked beans?
Boston baked beans is a noun.

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