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jellybean

[ jel-ee-been ]

noun

  1. a small, bean-shaped, usually brightly colored candy with a hard sugar coating and a firm gelatinous filling.


jellybean

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noun

  1. a bean-shaped sweet with a brightly coloured coating around a gelatinous filling
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Origin of jellybean1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; jelly + bean
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A teammate at John Bartram High School in Philadelphia nicknamed Bryant “Jellybean†because he had a vast array of moves despite being 6 feet 9.

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Paul Westhead, the La Salle coach at the time, seconded all of Jellybean’s motions.

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“Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant was a local basketball icon, whose legacy on the court transcended his journey across Bartram High School, La Salle University, and his first four NBA seasons with the 76ers from 1975-79,†the Sixers said in a statement.

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He’d make 120 shots, 60 on each end — 20 from the left side, 20 from the right, 20 down the middle — proving to himself that “Jellybean†still had the moves at age 60.

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It’s where his father, Joe “Jellybean†Bryant, starred at La Salle University and played for the 76ers.

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