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:
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“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?”1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285:
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 Transportation:
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"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:
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:
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A "benny" of being curious and continuing to learn and grow is that you […]2004, Mary Foley, Bodac!ous woman: outrageously in charge of your life and lovin' it!, page 100:
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:
Benny
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Etymology From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads. As a nickname for a Falkland Islander, possibly from their preference for woolly hats similar to those worn by the character.
Etymology Unknown or disputed. Attested from the late 19th century. Possibly from benjamin, slang from the early 19th century for a type of greatcoat. Possibly in reference to Uncle Benny or Uncle Ben (“a pawnbroker”), who might accept coats during the warm summer months, though the latter slang term does not appear to be attested before 1920.
[…] 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:
I'll stand clost and keep my blue fingers inside your nice fur coat[…]I'll bet this benny cost a nice piece of change.1924 July 23 [1923 August 23], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Sixth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, section I, page 266:
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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:
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:
Benny
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Etymology From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill.
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:
This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.2011, Debbie Harding, Go Nuts, page 4:
This would definitely be a Becca-approved Benedict, which sings high praise. The girl knows her Bennys.2014 June 17, Ally, “Chalk Point Kitchen Brunch”, in Bitches who Brunch, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019:
Benny
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Etymology Uncertain, with myriad competing theories, some quite fanciful. Compare other mainly-Jersey Shore slang shoobie (“awkward beach tourist”).
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New Jersey, Southern, Slang A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.