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spilungone — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beanpole noun A tall stake used to support climbing bean plants.
  • scarecrow noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.

Senses

spilungone is used for these senses in English:

  • beanpole (informal) A tall, thin person.
  • gangly Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
  • scarecrow (by extension, derogatory) A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
  • string bean (figuratively) A tall and thin person.

beanpole — full definition

  1. noun A tall stake used to support climbing bean plants.
  2. noun Informally, a very tall, thin person.

scarecrow — full definition

  1. noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.
  2. noun A very thin, awkward, or raggedly dressed person.

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