a round close-fitting hat resembling a skullcap
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bean•ie
(bē′nē),USA pronunciation n.
- Clothinga skullcap, often brightly colored, worn esp. by children and by college freshmen, esp. in the 1940s.
- bean + -ie 1940–45, American.
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