/ser un per-CHE-ro/
In Spain, a very tall and thin person — like a coat rack, all height with barely any volume. Pure vertical with nothing horizontal about them, like a clothes stand that forgot to fill out.
Example
"Her boyfriend is a six-foot beanpole, absolutely enormous."
"With that coat-rack height he could be a model."
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/ser un per-CHE-ro/
In Spain, a very tall and thin person — like a coat rack, all height with barely any volume. Pure vertical with nothing horizontal about them, like a clothes stand that forgot to fill out.
Example
"Her boyfriend is a six-foot beanpole, absolutely enormous."
"With that coat-rack height he could be a model."
Word family
Regional synonyms: