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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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bean·bag   (bēn'bāg')   
n.  
  1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games.

  2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun.

  3. An article, such as a chair, that is constructed as a bag filled with small pellets.

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