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beaut

  [byoot]
–noun Informal.
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
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Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; by shortening from beauty
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beaut   (byōōt)   
n.   Slang
Something outstanding of its kind: "When I make a mistake, it's a beaut!" (Fiorello H. La Guardia).

[Short for beauty.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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beaut [bjut]

  1. n.
    someone or something excellent, not necessarily beautiful. : This is a beaut of a day!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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