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sunbeam

[suhn-beem]

sun·beam

[suhn-beem]
noun
1.
a beam or ray of sunlight.
2.
Australian Slang. a dish or utensil that has not been used during a meal and so does not have to be washed.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English sunnebem, Old English sun(ne)bēam. See sun, beam

sun·beamed, sun·beam·y, adjective
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Sunbeam is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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sunbeam (ˈsʌnˌbiːm)
 
n
1.  a beam, ray, or stream of sunlight
2.  slang (Austral) a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for a meal but remaining unused
 
'sunbeamed
 
adj
 
'sunbeamy
 
adj

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