词汇 | snapper |
词源 | snapper. A humorous old term for whatever it is in baked beans that causes gas. Sign in a restaurant: “The beans we serve here have the snappers removed.” Incidentally, not long ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture introduced what is called a “gasless bean.” |
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