Bengal Tigers.

The old 17th Foot, whose badge, a royal tiger, was granted them for their services in India (1802–23). Now the Leicester Regiment.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Benedicite
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Benefice
Benefit of Clergy
Benen-geli
Benet (French)
Benèvolence
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Bengal Tigers
Bengalese
Bengodi
Benicia Boy
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin’s Mess
Bennaskar
Benshie, Benshee
Bent
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