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timothy
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- Timothy
Etymology
Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?m??i/
- Hyphenation: tim?o?thy
Noun
timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)
- Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
- Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
- Other species of genus Phleum.
Synonyms
- catstail
- timothy-grass, Timothy-grass
- timothy grass, Timothy grass
Derived terms
- alpine timothy
- mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum)
- timothy-grass (herd's-grass) (Phleum pratense)
- timothy hay
Translations
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benny
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ni
Etymology 1
ben(zedrine) +? -y
Noun
benny (plural bennies)
- (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)
- (slang, usually with "up") To take amphetamines.
Etymology 2
From Benny.
Noun
benny (plural bennies)
- (Britain, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”)
- (US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”)
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of benefit.
Alternative forms
- bennie
Noun
benny (plural bennies)
- (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)
- (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.
- 1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales (page 32)
- (US, slang, obsolete) A straw hat. [early 20th century]
Etymology 5
Clipping of eggs Benedict.
Noun
benny (plural bennies)
- (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict
References
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