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beastie

[ bee-stee ]

noun

  1. Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
  2. Facetious. an insect; bug.
  3. Canadian Slang (chiefly Alberta). construction worker.


beastie

/ ˈːɪ /

noun

  1. a small animal
  2. informal.
    an insect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beastie1

First recorded in 1775–85; beast + -ie
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As strong as 1994 artists Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars and the Breeders were, they couldn’t compare to Nirvana.

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"He was a well known beastie in the streets of the West End of Edinburgh," he added.

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They subjected their victims to what police called "unimaginable abuse" in a Glasgow drug den dubbed "the beastie house".

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During a series of interviews in the months that followed, the young victims shone a light on the horrific abuse they were subjected to in a squalid Glasgow drug den which they knew as the "beastie house".

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The child added: "That is why it is called the beastie house."

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