Meaning of Benny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An amphetamine tablet.
   plural-normally, slang
2. Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”).
   UK, alt-of, slang
3. A benefit.
   informal
4. An overcoat.
   dated, slang
5. Synonym of eggs Benedict.
   informal
6. A nickname for a man named Benjamin.
7. A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.
8. A stupid or dull-witted person.
   British, slang
9. A one-hundred-dollar bill.
   US, slang
10. A surname.
11. A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.
    New-Jersey, Southern, slang
12. Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).
    US, alt-of, slang
13. A straw hat.
    US, obsolete, slang
14. A temper tantrum.
    British, slang
15. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.
16. A native of the Falkland Islands.
    British, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.”

“I've pitched pennies and downed bennies”

““Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?””

“BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny:”

“'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny.'”

“"Stop having a benny, Liam." Gwen was getting agitated. Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.”

“Life in the bush was generally a bummer, an adverse experience, which was only rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States.”

“A benny of using an older modem is that it usually includes a good manual on the AT command set.”

“A "benny" of being curious and continuing to learn and grow is that you […]”

“After depositing the larger items at the post office for the free ride home (a benny of being overseas: free mail), we headed back to the plane.”

“[…] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […]”

“Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.”

“If lil ole Souttland is goin’ to keep her dome up in the golf department, an’ I tip my benny to her right now, she must put the kibosh on gin-hoisting an’ lay a stymie to every saloon.”

“Buffet fans can brunch until your heart's content at Westin Bayshore’s H2 Rotisserie & Bar, where the daily breakfast buffet features free-range eggs cooked to order, bennies, pancakes, waffles, smoked bacon, sausage links, seasonal fruit, freshly made pastries, and much more.”

“Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies”

“This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.”

“This would definitely be a Becca-approved Benedict, which sings high praise. The girl knows her Bennys.”

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