beat Banaghan

== English == === Etymology === The Classic 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue speculates "perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous." === Verb === beat Banaghan (third-person singular simple present beats Banaghan, present participle beating Banaghan, simple past beat Banaghan, past participle beaten Banaghan) (idiomatic, Ireland) To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable. 1837, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood (Revised) [1], page 147: "'Jack Palmer, as I'm a sinner,' cried Titus. 'Why this beats Banaghan. Arrah ! Jack, honey, what does this mean ? Is it yourself I see in such company?'" === References === [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Beat Banaghan”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.