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beanstalk
[ been-stawk ]
beanstalk
/ ˈbiːnˌstɔːk /
noun
- the stem of a bean plant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beanstalk1
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Example Sentences
Mr. Tall” is sort of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and that started to talk to “Jack and the Mad Dog.
Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day.
And later, when the giant tries to climb after Jack, the beanstalk has to be chopped down pronto.
Among its whispering branches I found lands as wonderful as Jack climbed to on his beanstalk.
Jack and the Beanstalk is the eleventh of the series, and the best.
The body of the southern god is blue; so is the beanstalk beside him, in the southwest.
Knowing the world, and knowing the upper or Beanstalk world intimately, she winked at nature's passions.
He was half-way down when Jack took his hatchet and cut the beanstalk down, close to its roots.
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