bennie

Noun (1)

benny (plural bennies)

1. (plural-normally, slang) An amphetamine tablet.
   • 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.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   bean

Noun (2)

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) A benefit.
   • 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.1984, Charles Robert Anderson, The Grunts, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page xviii

Noun (3)

benny (plural bennies)

1. (dated, slang) An overcoat.
   • […] 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, […]1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales, page 32
2. (US, obsolete, slang) A straw hat.
   • 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.1923, Owen Seaman, editor, Punch, volume 165, page 514

Noun (4)

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
   • 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.2019 June 26, Amy Watkins, “Top 15 Brunch Spots in Vancouver, BC”, in Trip Savvy, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019

   Synonyms:

   eggs Benedict

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