beatnik
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He’s put off by Ginsberg’s aggressiveness, though the aging beatnik softens somewhat when he realizes Hujar isn’t an emissary of the enemy so much as a photographer picking up work where he can get it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
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
How could this crazy beatnik character be Disney?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
He stars as the busboy at a beatnik bar who uses his incredibly lifelike sculptures to impress the hip clientele.
From New York Times • May 12, 2024
The only way she could’ve helped was if Valmiki liked beatnik poetry.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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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