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BEANIES

[bee-nee] Origin

bean·ie

[bee-nee]
noun
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; bean + -ie
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Beanies is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

beanie
"small, close-fitting hat," 1943, from bean in the slang sense of "head."
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