beatnik
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A beatnik radio host caught the Mets bug and praised baseball as a “kind of amalgam of all the human frustrations.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
“She was kind of emulating beatnik style or French style.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022
He was a traditionalist beatnik and thus the truest kind of freak.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Uncle Darnell said, “Amen,” and snapped his fingers beatnik style, and I followed suit, adding a “Baaaaa” to my “Amen.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing beatnik
American History - Middle School
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American History - High School
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Chapter 19, Sections 1–4 and Chapter 20, Sections 1–3
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