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bean⋅bag

[been-bag]
–noun
1. a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
2. any such game.
3. any similar bag used as a cushion or support, as the base for an ashtray, etc.
4. Also called beanbag chair. a large, soft, frameless chair resembling a beanbag, typically a clothlike plastic shell, filled with plastic chips, that molds itself readily to the contours of the occupant.

Origin:
1870–75; bean + bag
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Main Entry:  beanbag chair
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a large free-form pillow or cushion filled with bean-like material, like polystyrene; also written bean-bag chair, bean bag chair
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