Definition of "beanpole" [beanpole]

• A thin pole used to support bean vines. (noun)
• Informal A very tall, thin person. (noun)

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• "He talks so fast I can barely understand him and he's called me "beanpole" since I was a kid."
• "Of those further down the line Essex's Topley, the teenage beanpole fast bowler, will shortly return to school to complete his A-levels having added considerably to the sense of fast-maturing talent in reserve."
• "Fortunately the possible replacements, to appear alongside James Anderson and Stuart Broad , include man-mountain Chris Tremlett and increasingly pacy beanpole Steven Finn , whose bowling in similar conditions was one of the very few pluses of England's disastrous 5-0 one-day international thrashing in India in October."