bean-eaters

In Tuscany, where the people are sometimes called mangiafagiole, or bean-eaters, it seems almost their answer to soy.

White Bean Confetti Dip 2007

Badawin, ho believe in nothing but flesh, milk, and dates, deride the bean-eaters, but they do not consider the food so disgusting as onions.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Say "-- he paused, and his sober face turned sad --" if all the bean-eaters who claim their grandpas were minute-men tell the truth, there wasn't no glory in winning at Lexington, there was such a tremendous sight of 'em.

Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

"With a few bean-eaters from Boston to help," Goodrich responded.

Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

Thoreau behind the bars, was an important factor in the New England renaissance, and as such should be immortalized by a statue made of punk, set up on Boston Common for the delectation of bean-eaters.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885

Our native bean-eaters have mistaken the stranger; they have not had time as yet to grow familiar with it, or to appreciate its merits; they have prudently abstained from touching the _ayacot_, whose novelty awoke suspicion.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

villaraigosa can clean up the air in los angeles by getting rid of a few million bean-eaters.

Mid-Day Briefs for Lunch Time Contemplation 2009