Definition of Benny hill

1. Noun. Risque English comedian (1925-1992).

Exact synonyms: Alfred Hawthorne, Hill
Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benny Hill

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
Benvenuto Cellini
Benxi

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, ..."

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