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[suhn-beem]

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noun

a beam or ray of sunlight.

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

Related forms

sun·beamed, sun·beam·y, adjective

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