string bean

noun6

1. •
   Any long, slender green bean.

   • Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell / And I leaned my head and I gave a yell / “Give me a string bean, I’m a hungry man” / A shotgun fired and away I ran — 1963
2. •
   A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
3. •
   An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
4. •
   A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
5. •
   A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
6. •
   (figurative) A tall and thin person.

   • My way o’ doing things suits me, and I don’t figure on changing it for you or any other half-baked young string-bean. — 1925