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Definition of Benny

1. Noun. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.

2. Noun. United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974).

Definition of Benny

1. Proper noun. A male nickname for Benjamin. ¹

2. Proper noun. A female nickname for Bernice or Bernadette. ¹

3. Noun. (British slang) A stupid or dull-witted person. ¹

4. Noun. (British slang) A temper tantrum ¹

5. Noun. (US) A one-hundred-dollar bill. ¹

6. Noun. (slang) An amphetamine tablet. ¹

7. Noun. (UK slang) A tantrum; a fit of furious or erratic behaviour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benny

1. an amphetamine tablet [n -NIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benny

Bennett Bennett's fracture Bennett angle Bennett movement Bennettitaceae Bennettitales Bennettitis Bennhold's Congo red stain Bennie Bennies

Bennington Benningtons Bennite Bennites Benno Benny Benny Goodman Benny Hill Benoit Mandelbrot Bensley's specific granules

Benson Bent Spear Bentham Benthamic Benthamism Benthamite Bentley Bentleyan Bentleys Benton

Literary usage of Benny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
"POOR benny. OR THE POWER OF AFFECTION. BV JOSEPH It. CHANDLER. IK the following anecdote (I cannot call it a story) should prove of any benefit, ..."

2. Rifle Shots and Bugle Notes: Or, the National Military Album of Sketches of by Joseph A. Joel, Lewis R. Stegman (1883)
"With benny Havens, Oh! With benny Havens, Oh! He's waiting there to welcome us With benny Havens, Oh. Beneath his daisy shelter-tent, In calm repose Meade ..."

3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"benny took his knife, and Ed-Fred-George coaxed Clarence ... benny led Alan to the cave, where they'd changed his bedding and laid out a half-eaten candy ..."

4. Peter Parley's Annual by William Martin (1859)
"And yet, " Little benny," my tears arc falling; for, somewhere, I know there's ... "Little benny!" It was all her full heart could utter; and it was enough. ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"benny stood by the fire-place and looked with a steady look at the changing lights and shades that glimmered and darkened amid the burning wood. ..."

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