Meanings
nounwhistleberries pl (plural only)
- USdatedpluralplural onlyslangbaked beans
“Hambone, how's for chuck?” Hambone removed pipe from mouth, slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.”
1951, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Riders of Judgment, Second, published 2014, →ISBN
Origin
From whistle + berries, a reference to the flatulence they cause.
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whistleberries. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whistleberries
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