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Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Wealthy; well to do: as, a bein farmer; a bein body.
- Well provided; comfortable; cozy.
- Comfortably.
Wiktionary
- adj. Wealthy; well-to-do.
- adj. Well provided; comfortable; cosy.
- adv. Comfortably.
- v. transitive To render or make comfortable; dry.
Etymologies
- From Middle English been, beene, bene ("gracious, generous, pleasant"), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn ("straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen"), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhei- (“to hit, beat”). Cognate with Scots bein, bien ("in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen"), Icelandic beinn ("straight, direct, hospitable"), Norwegian bein ("straight, direct, easy to deal with"). See also bain. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“Besides, there's various degrees of drunkenness, the term bein 'relative.”
“Some people call it bein 'folksy, others call it bein' stupid.”
“I don't know what you call bein' treated like criminals, 'exclaimed”
“We don't like, no more'n they would theirselves, havin 'our feelin's hurt for the sake o' what they calls bein 'done good to.”
“It don't cost nothin 'bein' square in hard times," Matt retorted.”
“T's wut I call bein' desput keerful, an 'sailin' pooty consid'able close to the wind.”
“It don't cost nothin ', bein' square in hard times," Matt retorted.”
“We'd got inside the doorway without a word bein 'said, when a bright-eyed Dago girl with a rainbow-tinted handkerchief about her neck breaks the spell.”
“So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein 'Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.”
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