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Beantown, n.
Brit. |ˈbiːntaʊn|, U.S. |ˈbinˌtaʊn|
[‹ bean n. + town n., in allusion to the popular association of Boston with baked beans; compare Boston baked beans n. at Boston n.2 Compounds, bean-eater n.]
(A nickname for) the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
In quot. 1862 in humorous reference to an unspecified New England town, as contrasted with a Midwestern one.
1862Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 88/1 We would compromise the affair by having the following paragraph printed in six consecutive numbers of the Beantown Journal and the Porkville Express. 1883Washington Post 18 Feb. 5/6 Solid old Boston is delighted with the new play, and if Beantown enthuses over anything it is a big go in every other place. 1901‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft ii. 58 P'raps Bean-Town ain't so rotten as Chi..but that ain't the point. 1946Los Angeles Times 16 Oct. 1/6 The American Leaguers from Beantown..took it on the chin. 2002U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Aug.–2 Sept. 57/1 The 40-ish swindler was tooling around Beantown in a blue limo and talking of running for mayor.
Derivatives. Beantowner n. a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston; spec. a member of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
1915Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 24 Sept. 17/5 The Phillies will have a mighty hard row to hoe when they stack up against the Red Sox next month and on paper it looks as if the *Beantowners will be an odds favorite. 1997Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 31 Dec. f2 Bostonians tell me a Beantowner's ‘spuckie’ is a dinner roll, not a sandwich. |