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How to use benny in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Benny means an amphetamine tablet. Example: “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.”

Examples of benny by meaning

nounAn 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
  • I've pitched pennies and downed bennies1973, “Sport”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod

verbTo take amphetamines.

  • Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players.1963, Joe Grosscup, Fourth and One: By Lee Grosscup, page 268
  • He had been on the road that long and so bennied up.1980, Commercial motor carrier safety: hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Public Works and...
  • "If you guys got any brains," the tired and bennied driver said, "you'll keep your sweet fannies t'hell out of it.2003, Jack Cady, Ghosts of Yesterday, →ISBN, page 104

nounA 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
  • A benny of using an older modem is that it usually includes a good manual on the AT command set.2001, Scott Edwards, Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer, page 158
  • 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.2000, Approach, volume 45, number 5, page 22

nounAn overcoat.

  • Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.1931, The Tomahawk of Alpha Sigma Phi, volume 28, number 1, page 12

nounA 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

More sentences with benny

  • “Benny Goodman was the King of Swing,” he used to tell Benny.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 56. From the entry clarinetist
  • On the last day of the trial Max arrived bennied up and in drag.2011, Noel Tovey, Little Black Bastard, →ISBN. From the entry bennied up
  • Benny uses metaphors to describe his and Ms.2012 December 5, Billy Johnson, Jr., “Benny Cassette Struggles To Get Over An Ex On ‘Empires’”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske…. From the entry Ms. Wrong
  • Another driver applicant admitted getting "bennied up" and leaving a refrigerated truck loaded with shrimp and frog legs stranded in the Arizona desert.1971, Robert J. Ferguson, The scientific informer, page 132. From the entry bennied up
  • Benny Green Trio (through Saturday) The pianist Benny Green is an astute pupil of the hardbop tradition, as he reconfirms on his fine new album, “Live in Santa Cruz.”2015 June 25, “Jazz Listings for June 26-July 2”, in New York Times. From the entry hardbop

Meaning of benny

  1. noun An amphetamine tablet.
  2. verb To take amphetamines.
  3. noun A benefit.

Full definition of benny

Questions about benny in a sentence

How do you use benny in a sentence?
Benny is used as a noun and verb. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with benny?
“I've pitched pennies and downed bennies”
What does benny mean?
Benny means an amphetamine tablet.

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