Beaner vs Scratchback - What's the difference?
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(US, racial slur, offensive) A Mexican.
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, passage=Hey bro I'm a beaner , we ain't good at math. Jeez, dawn 'ju watch TV?}}
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, passage=I'm a beaner , and I'm telling you white people, that's a bullshit number right off the bat!}}
(baseball) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
(by extension, informal) Head.
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(US, slang, dated) A superior or admirable person; something excellent.
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* {{quote-book, title=The Sunset Tree, author=Martha Ostenso, pages=106, date=1949, publisher=Dodd, Mead
, passage=Pride, indeed, Esther thought — that was a beaner ! There was more purse than pride in Mayme's repentant heart}}
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between beaner and scratchback
is that beaner is (us|racial slur|offensive) a mexican or beaner can be (baseball) a pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter while scratchback is (uk|dated) a toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.beaner
English
Etymology 1
From . Literally "a person who eats refried beans".Noun
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References
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- Before Chester could compose himself, the Bombshell leaned over and planted a ruby red smackaroo right on top of his bald spot. Chester Cranepool had had a few things hit him on top of his head before, but nothing that felt that good. Looking like a Franciscan monk with a bullseye on his beaner , Chester simply said, “Bless you, my child.”