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bennies noun- sun rays US
A shortened form of “beneficial”. - Nothing to do but laze around, drink beer on the back porch roof, and soak up the bennies. — John Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo, p. 137, 1965
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 79, 1968
- during the Vietnam war, basic comforts US
A shortened form of “benefits”. - On top of all those bennies they had ice cream and ice-cold beer! — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 29, 1976
- The troops were always talking about service “bennies,” the little perks like the BX and the commissary, as if they made much difference. — Walter Boyne and Steven Thompson, The Wild Blue, p. 241, 1986
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 20, 1991
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