"human bean" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-human bean.wav [US] Forms: human beans [plural]
Etymology: Introduced or popularized by Mary Norton's children's novel The Borrowers (1952). Head templates: {{en-noun}} human bean (plural human beans)
  1. (nonstandard, humorous) A human being. Wikipedia link: The Borrowers (novel) 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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