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beaut
noun- a beauty, an impressive person or thing US, 1895
- Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, who previously had been denying applications for federal tidelands oil leases on the ground that the submerged territory clearly was the property of the States, wisecracked, “When I make a mistake, it’s a beaut.” — San Francisco Examiner, 15 April 1946
- Jimmy Kelly’s, a beaut of a room specializing in fan wielders and dancing gals, is patronized chiefly by merchants and Wall Streeters. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 67, 1948
- A few minutes later he was back in an entirely different car, a brand-new convertible. “This one is a beaut!” he whispered in my ear. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 211, 1957
- He said Patrolman Salvatore Polani’s attempts to make the jury believe the mastermind of the plot was Robert K. Worthington “is a beaut” no one would believe. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 15, 22 October 1965
- Hang on to them drinks for a couple of jiffs Faye, there’s a little beaut. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- BB: You know, I hear the new Cadillac’s gonna be out in a couple of months. TILLEY: You’re kidding? BB: Yeah, they’re changing the body. I hear it’s a beaut. — Tin Men, 1987
- Fisher recovers and nuts [headbutts] the driver who’s out of the car now, a real beaut right between the eyes. — John King, Human Punk, p. 61, 2000
- He’s even got Prada trainies, the beaut. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 13, 2001
- a potent amphetamine capsule US
An abbreviation of BLACK BEAUTY- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 23, 1992
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