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free⋅bie

[free-bee]
–noun Informal.
something given without charge or cost, as a ticket to a performance or sporting event or a free sample at a store.
Also, freebee.


Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; free + -bie, of uncert. orig.; perh. orig. a n. phrase free bee, with bee 2 as in put the bee on to borrow money with no intention of repaying it
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free·bie also free·bee   (frē'bē)   
n.   Slang
An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" (New York).

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