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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun slang a slang name for Benzedrine, a trademark for one brand of amphetamine; -- also used generically for any brand of amphetamine.

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  • noun a form of amphetamine

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  • Another bennie was the integration with iCal and scheduled start times.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2008

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • But seriously, the ony "bennie" is a government (a. k.a tax payer) subsidized "green" service industry job with the manufacturing done in china.

    New Orleans Saints Central 2010

  • In the 1960s, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960s, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • In the 1960's, barbiturates, immortalized in the movie the Valley of the Dolls and by Marilyn Monroe's death, spawned a "bennie" or Benzedrine subculture to offset their effects.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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  • Bennie and the Jets by Elton John. Hate that song, too...

    February 9, 2008