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Gas remedy
Answer for the clue "Gas remedy ", 5 letters:
beano
Alternative clues for the word beano
Word definitions for beano in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party. 2 (context figuratively English) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1888, colloquial shortening of beanfest "annual dinner given by employers for their workers" (1805); they had a reputation for rowdiness. From bean (n.) + fest (n.).
Usage examples of beano.
Abruptly, Beano stood and bolted for the door, leaving the two policemen staring at each other across the table.
A sort of wild, rangy presence, not physically threatening to a grown man perhaps, but he could understand how he was able to dominate his roommate Beano, and to attract a tasty wee girl like that Andrina, even though she was a few years older than him.
Some dialogue that shows he was given explicit instructions to use Beano bombs?
It dates back to my early days with the Beano and the Dandy and causes all sorts of problems for me on the Inter-City trains to London.
I had met Bicky for the first time at a species of beano or jamboree down in Washington Square, not long after my arrival in New York.
FLYING MADRID TOMORROW FOR BARBER BEANO HANG ONTO YOUR HAT LOVE, HARRY.