Usually means: Literary movement rejecting conventional society.
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  1. the Beat Generation, the Beat generation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. The Beat Generation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  a 1959 American crime film noir from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, James Mitchum, Vampira, and Ray Anthony.


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