Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1913 — Appropriate. [ARTICLE]

Appropriate.

“Dilks is one of those facetious fellows who, Instead of saying he’s had his lunch, invariably says he’s had his ‘beans.’ ” “No matter what he really did eat?” “Yes. And while I hate slang, in a case of this kind I don’t think it would be much of an exaggeration to call Dilks’ head a ‘bean.’ ”