bene
EN • English
//biːn//
Definitions & Usage
noun
#1(now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
noun
#2Alternative form of benne (“sesame”).
noun
#4(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue.
Example: “Stowe your bene!”
noun
#5(food) Abbreviation of eggs Benedict, an egg dish
verb
#6Misspelling of been.
Example: “That would of^([sic]) bene a good idea...”
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“What is good for a bootless bene?”
— 1815, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer:
“Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?”
— 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman, page 383:
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