Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A low-crowned straw hat having a very broad brim.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Benjy.

Examples

  • That Benjy is severely cognitively impaired and mute only adds to the challenge.

    Play it as it lays 2008

  • That Benjy is severely cognitively impaired and mute only adds to the challenge.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • I'm praying this is it... but unfortunately... in an alternate time-line, Peter and MJ have a daughter May(spider-girl who is a young teenager) and a red haired BABY BOY Ben(called Benjy).

    Is Peter Parker a Father in Spider-Man 4? | /Film 2009

  • "Bugsy," as the Hollywood crowd were now calling Benjy due to their feeling he was a bit bats galore in the old belfy, had to, due a couple of hits in 1937--one of whom was his own father-in-law, the famous mob hitman Whitey Krakow--flee L.A. for safety's sake, and it was while fleeing L.A. that Bugsy stopped in seedy Las Vegas to take a piss.

    Who Are You? #2 The Daily Growler 2006

  • Benjamin after me -- 'Benjy's the cleverest child for his age that ever you see,' she says.

    The Adventures of Harry Revel Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • "According to Robbie and Petey, the carriage door opened, and a gentleman called Benjy by name — called him Benjamin.

    Hero Come Back Laurens, Stephanie 2005

  • Doctors were so astonished by the color of Benjamin "Benjy" Stacy’s skin that they raced him by ambulance from the maternity ward in the hospital near Hazard to a medical clinic in Lexington.

    Blue Family Once Inhabited Kentucky | Impact Lab 2007

  • * Benjy Sarlin digs through the history and finds that the pundits were way off in 1994, which is food for thought, though it seems unlikely they'd be so far off this time around.

    Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2010

  • Benjy Sarlin: In his latest ad, California 36th Congressional Candidate Ben Adler hangs out with a multi-ethnic crowd touting his appeal to Asian voters by pointing out that he's married to a Korean and that -- as a Jew -- he can understand what it's like to be a minority.

    HUFFPOST HILL - We Hope You Don't Have An Aunt Named 'Judy' Eliot Nelson 2011

  • As Jeremy's father began to cry at the sight of the burning boy on the screen, Benjy, oblivious to the drama going on behind him, sang the chorus to a popular Blue Oyster Cult tune he had heard via his older brother: Oh no, they say he's got to go!

    I am Falun Gong - excerpt II (Jeremy) erik wennermark 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.