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human bean

human bean noun: a human being.

Noun

human bean (plural human beans)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) A human being.

Forms of human bean

pluralhuman beans

Origin of human bean

Introduced or popularized by Mary Norton's children's novel The Borrowers (1952).

Questions about human bean

What does human bean mean?
Human bean means a human being.
What part of speech is human bean?
Human bean is a noun.
What is the plural of human bean?
The plural of human bean is human beans.

Words near human bean in the dictionary

  1. Humacao
  2. Humahuaca
  3. Humalog
  4. human
  5. human African trypanosomiasis
  6. human bean
  7. human beans
  8. human behavior
  9. human behaviors
  10. human being
  11. human beings

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