Benjie

But Benjie is at the age when knees are only made to be climbed down from, and this he does, not once but several times.

Try Anything Twice 1938

Benjie is getting restive, and I am in a mood to take the line of least resistance.

Try Anything Twice 1938

'What hath befallen him, indeed?' said my friend; 'hath he not been returned hither by the child whom they call Benjie?'

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

Purser, a name Benjie always persisted in giving me), he answered, glancing round the horizon.

James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Our cook was a black man, called Benjie, which rather disturbed the peace of the little girls.

Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton

Doria said George was suspected by the NPA to have tipped of government forces on the whereabouts of Renante Edisa, 32, alias Benjie, believed to be the head of the NPA's Front 51, on November 21, 2004.

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a little wretch of a boy called Benjie, to whom I think Satan has given the power of transporting himself wheresoever mischief is going forward; so that it may be truly said, there is no evil in this land wherein he hath not a finger, if not a whole hand. '

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

‘To speak the truth,’ said the Quaker, ‘I admire to behold among them a little wretch of a boy called Benjie, to whom I think

Redgauntlet 2008

Ben, or rather "Benjie" Stubbs, as he was usually called, was nearly as broad as he was long, with puffed-out brown cheeks wearing an invincible smile.

James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Replace 'Benjie' with 'Hunter' and you just told our story.

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