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Definition of Benchley
1. Noun. United States humorist (1889-1945).
Generic synonyms: Humorist, Humourist, Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benchley
Literary usage of Benchley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"A CHAPTER IV ROBERT C. Benchley FTER keeping at Mr. Benchley for weeks, nay months,
... Mr. Benchley was originally born in Worcester, Massachusetts. ..."
2. The Builders of a Great City: San Francisco's Representative Men, the City by San Francisco Journal of Commerce (1891)
"They were good times for trade and here Mr. Benchley, embarked in the wholesale
grocery business. In this he was very successful. All this time, however, ..."
3. Lineage Book by Daughters of the American Revolution (1904)
"Descendant of Joseph Benchley. Daughter of Leonidas Brown Benchley and ...
Gr.-granddaughter of Joseph Benchley and Lucinia Brown (1762- 1814), his wife. ..."
4. The Life and Adventures of Nat Foster: Trapper and Hunter of the Adirondacks by Arthur Lester Byron-Curtiss (1912)
"At the hunter's call Benchley rowed to him, he not knowing Benchley had seen him
shoot or the deer fall. "Well, Uncle Nat," said Benchley, "have you killed ..."
5. The Story of Worcester, Massachusetts by Thomas Francis O'Flynn (1910)
"Lieutenant Benchley was given twenty days' furlough. He came home, and was one
of the reviewing party when the local companies of the 2nd and 9th Regiments ..."
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