benny
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- //ˈbɛni//
An amphetamine tablet.
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calãoAn 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.
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?”
Etimologia
Etymology tree English ben(zedrine) Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English benny From ben(zedrine) + -y.
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calãoTo take amphetamines.
Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players.
He had been on the road that long and so bennied up.
"If you guys got any brains," the tired and bennied driver said, "you'll keep your sweet fannies t'hell out of it.
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Variante de BennycalãoAlternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”).
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.
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Variante de BennycalãoAlternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).
Etimologia
From Benny.
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informalA 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.
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.
Etimologia
Abbreviation of benefit.
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antiquadoAn 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, […]
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.
Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.
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obsoletoA 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.
Etimologia
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.
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informalSynonym 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.
Etimologia
Clipping of eggs Benedict.
Formas
- plural
- bennies
- pretérito
- bennied
- particípio passado
- bennied
- gerúndio
- bennying
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- bennies