Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wealthy; well to do: as, a bein farmer; a bein body.
- Well provided; comfortable; cozy.
- Comfortably.
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- adjective
Wealthy ;well-to-do . - adjective Well provided;
comfortable ;cosy . - adverb
Comfortably . - verb transitive To
render or make comfortable;dry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Besides, there's various degrees of drunkenness, the term bein 'relative.
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Some people call it bein 'folksy, others call it bein' stupid.
Misamprehension David 2006
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'I don't know what you call bein' treated like criminals, 'exclaimed
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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We don't like, no more'n they would theirselves, havin 'our feelin's hurt for the sake o' what they calls bein 'done good to.
Weighed and Wanting George MacDonald 1864
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"It don't cost nothin 'bein' square in hard times," Matt retorted.
"Just Meat" 1907
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"It don't cost nothin ', bein' square in hard times," Matt retorted.
JUST MEAT 2010
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'T's wut I call bein' desput keerful, an 'sailin' pooty consid'able close to the wind.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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"It don't cost nothin ', bein' square in hard times," Matt retorted.
Just Meat 1911
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We'd got inside the doorway without a word bein 'said, when a bright-eyed Dago girl with a rainbow-tinted handkerchief about her neck breaks the spell.
Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907
myriamseers commented on the word bein
The examples are for a different word, bein’, I.e. a contraction of “being”.
December 6, 2024