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not have a bean

not have a bean verb: to be destitute or penniless.

Verb

not have a bean

  1. (intransitive) To be destitute or penniless.

Questions about not have a bean

What does not have a bean mean?
Not have a bean means to be destitute or penniless.
What part of speech is not have a bean?
Not have a bean is a verb.

Words near not have a bean in the dictionary

  1. not guilty
  2. not half
  3. not half bad
  4. not happy, Jan
  5. not hardly
  6. not have a bean
  7. not have a care in the world
  8. not have a clue
  9. not have a leg to stand on
  10. not have a pot to piss in
  11. not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of

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