beanfeast

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They see one woman and a lot of men on a beanfeast, and she's got to pass on to the next picket to be accounted for Then why didn't you make Mother Brundage dress me up as a boy Because like this you may be somebody else.

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  1. (British) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees.

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  1. an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees

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  • Sounds like a beanfeast for government suppliers - except that at the same time he announced that "the lifecycle of all end user devices has been extended to five years" and —  Irish Blogs
  • It was a difficult matter for thirteen people to cram into seats only intended for the accommodation of ten, but they preferred over-crowding to separation, and cheerfully took it in turns to sit on one another's knees It's more like a beanfeast than the exam.!" —  The Luckiest Girl in the School
  • They see one woman and a lot of men on a beanfeast, and she's got to pass on to the next picket to be accounted for Then why didn't you make Mother Brundage dress me up as a boy Because like this you may be somebody else. —  Ambrotox and Limping Dick
  • I turn and see a number of men sitting inside and looking almost as cheerful as a beanfeast in Epping Forest. —  War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war
  • All those women and children excursion beanfeast burned and drowned in New York. —  Ulysses
 

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