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beanfeast

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beanfeast [ˈbiːnˌfiːst]
n Brit informal
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) an annual dinner given by employers to employees
2. any festive or merry occasion
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Noun1.beanfeast - an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees
dinner party, dinner - a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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beanfeast [ˈbiːnfiːst] N beano [ˈbiːnəʊ] N (Brit) (= party) → fiesta f, juerga f; (= meal) → comilona f
beanfeast [ˈbiːnfiːst] n (British) (= event) → nouba f >
beanfeast
n (inf) → Schmaus m (inf)


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Another good way we discovered of irritating the aristocratic type of steam launch, was to mistake them for a beanfeast, and ask them if they were Messrs.
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