different between benny vs beany

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ni

Etymology 1

ben(zedrine) +? -y

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (slang, usually in the plural) An amphetamine tablet.

   Coordinate term: dexy

Verb

benny (third-person singular simple present bennies, present participle bennying, simple past and past participle bennied)

1. (slang, usually with "up") To take amphetamines.

Etymology 2

From Benny.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (Britain, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”)
2. (US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of benefit.

Alternative forms

• bennie

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) A benefit.

Etymology 4

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.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (slang, dated) An overcoat.
   • 1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales (page 32)

     […] 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, […]

   • 1931, The Tomahawk of Alpha Sigma Phi (volume 28, issue 1, page 12)

     Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.

2. (US, slang, obsolete) A straw hat. [early 20th century]

Etymology 5

Clipping of eggs Benedict.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict

References

English

Etymology

bean +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?ni

Adjective

beany (comparative beanier or more beany, superlative beaniest or most beany)

1. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
   • 1863, The country gentleman (volume 21, page 331)

     Those who like the beany taste in baked beans, will like the Pea bean better than the Blue Pod […]

   • 1985, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, Tofutti and Other Soy Ice Creams (page 221)

     Some producers even add powdered soymilk or soy flour, but the latter can give an objectionable beany flavor.

   • 1988, Angie Gilligan, Household Dilemma (in The New British Poetry 1968-88)

     the little plates / in the sink / and the big spoon / and the baked beany pan

Translations

Anagrams

• Abney, Baney, Bayne, Bynea