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beatnik
[ beet-nik ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc.
beatnik
/ ˈbiːtnɪk /
noun
- a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)
- informal.any person with long hair and shabby clothes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beatnik1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beatnik1
C20: from beat (n) + -nik , by analogy with Sputnik
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Example Sentences
Guggenheim pulled the confirmed bachelor into her coven of beatnik friends.
From The Daily Beast
After World War II, the Village went through an enormous renaissance as the bohemian beatnik art place.
From The Daily Beast
At an underground party, Joyce introduced Peggy to her friend Abe Drexler (Charlie Hofheimer), a beatnik journalist.
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That was the only place in town, as I understood, from the reports, outside of the beatnik place they could.
From Project Gutenberg
He was far, far different than the laughing, beatnik jabbering, youngster he had always seemed.
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