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I've read it a few times and assumed it was some sort of Beatnik expression "Cool", of course, is a well-known Beatnik term, but what is meant by "beans" in this context is unclear (Urban Dictionary gives several likely meanings)
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I've just found out that a penny can be called a win in slang It appears to be only used in British slang, and perhaps in Irish too Green’s Dictionary of Slang mentions below and gives the earliest
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I see and hear two general slang usages of cool - one meaning great (illustrated by a and b below), and one meaning acceptable okay (illustrated by c and d) The following are Dictionary com's four (
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