"human bean" meaning in All languages combined

See human bean on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-human bean.wav Forms: human beans [plural]
Etymology: Introduced or popularized by Roald Dahl's children's novel The BFG (1982). Head templates: {{en-noun}} human bean (plural human beans)
  1. (nonstandard, humorous) A human being. Wikipedia link: The BFG Tags: humorous, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-human_bean-en-noun-wbg~4sFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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