benny
noun
Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
benny
1 American
[ben-ee]
/ ˈbɛn i /
Benny
2
American
[ben-ee]
/ ˈbɛn i /
Benny
1
British
/ ˈbɛnɪ /
noun
benny
2
British
/ ˈbɛnɪ /
noun
benny
3
British
/ ˈbɛnɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of benny
1950–55, by alteration and shortening of Benzedrine; see -y 2
Example Sentences
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There’s a place called Sweet Butter down on Ventura Boulevard, and they do a real nice eggs benny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
But look you, niece Magdalen, I 'ave got five tousand pounds: if you marry him I vill not give you a benny.
From The Fatal Boots by William Makepeace Thackeray
While she’s trying, a taxi rushes up and out jumps a lad in a long benny.
From Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage
He tailed the lad in the fur benny from the drug-store and came here.
From Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage
Ven I was ruint in the United States I game back to England, and I hat not one benny.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
Mitch and Isabella have their own dog, a mini-goldendoodle named Benny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Then we have Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, whom Odysseus follows to Troy and, ultimately, his cursed fate.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Millie, 11, & Benny, 11, described The Hay Wain as "fascinating"
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The venue hosted jazz and vocal legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Al Cooper alongside band battles between the Chick Webb, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman orchestras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Benny thrust a bag overflowing with various sweet breads and Christmas cookies at Isa.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Law school deans and lawyers can’t match those bennies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Take I-5 South from Seattle to WA-8 / US-12 W and stop at Brunch 101 for a hearty toast, bennies, or cheesecake French toast in Hoquiam, just past Aberdeen.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
The creators, Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen, have conceived an alternative, future-past Earth that looks like an illustrator was hired to design a space-themed malt-shop menu in 1955 and got hopped up on bennies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Stepping into HBO’s subscription-only chamber meant being part of a prestige brand: no ads, that gorgeous hissing logo, critical bennies.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
For example, Clif Bar is known for such bennies as a full-blown fitness center, paid time for working out and stipends for signing up for races or events.
From Time ● Oct. 3, 2012
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