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Definition of Benny hill
1. Noun. Risque English comedian (1925-1992).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benny Hill
Literary usage of Benny hill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Britain TM: Renewing Our Identity by Mark Leonard (1997)
"O British comedy is particularly successful, producing comedians such as Tony
Hancock, Peter Sellers, benny hill, John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson, ..."
2. Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. by Charles Buxton (1866)
"... the Bishop of Calcutta : — “benny hill, Fife, Sept. 10, 1816. “Our minds have
been occupied of late by a most sad event —the death of my wife's sister. ..."
3. A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, Covering Social and by Virginia Clay-Clopton (1904)
"... directed benny hill to go forward to the conductor and ask " What currency is
needed to get to Macon ?" The man seemed to understand that I had prompted ..."
4. The Fighting Yankees Overseas by Bert Ford (1919)
""Another letter was addressed 'Wayne E. Drake, AEF' Still another 'Mr. Michael F.
Tolan, Somewhere in France.' One was addressed 'Mr. benny hill, colored, ..."