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  • noun US a Mexican (ethnic slur)

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Examples

  • Here is a trick I tried this year that requires a "leap of faith" by any self respecting Southern bean-eater: add about a tablespoon of ginger (the "wet" kind sold in a jar for chinese and indian cuisine).

    Pinto beans, three ways | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

  • His companions went their ways, and he, like a “bean-eater” as he was, fearing to follow them alone, made for Makná.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • By this means the great man, still despised as a Boston bean-eater, was able to bring his adversary to ruin.

    American Sketches 1908 Charles Whibley 1894

  • His companions went their ways, and he, like a "bean-eater" as he was, fearing to follow them alone, made for Makná.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

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