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Benny   /bˈɛni/   Listen
Benny

noun
1.
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.  Synonyms: benne, benni, sesame, Sesamum indicum.
2.
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974).  Synonyms: Benjamin Kubelsky, Jack Benny.



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"Benny" Quotes from Famous Books



... That's all right, Old Till. Benny Tweed'll lend me his bike just like a book—I know Ben! Besides, he owes me a dollar and ...
— Three Young Knights • Annie Hamilton Donnell

... 'Well, sir, steady Benny ought to be satisfied with his dose in, say, about forty minutes. Maybe he won't own to it before an hour and ten. He's got a proud ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... Hanneh Breineh became aware that Benny was missing. "Oi weh!" she burst out, wringing her hands in a new wave of woe, "where is Benny? Didn't he come home yet ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1919 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... where is my cat?" a vixen squalled. "Yes, where are our cats?" the witches bawled, And began to call them all by name As fast as they called the cats, they came There was bob-tailed Tommy and long-tailed Tim, And wall-eyed Jacky and green-eyed Jim, And splay-foot Benny and slim-legged Beau, And Skinny and Squally, and Jerry and Joe, And many another that came at call,— It would take too long to count them all. All black,—one could hardly tell which was which, But every cat knew his own old witch; And she knew hers ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... poisonin' racers ain't my kind o' vettin'. I likes a good 'orse, so 'ere's 'ealth to old Orme. Take a bolus yourself, it might stop you from roarin'; There's nothin' like tryin' these games on yourself! And I'll throw BENNY TILLETT and one or two more in, Just to lay the whole lot o' you ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, May 14, 1892 • Various


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