bender
[ ben-der ]
/ ˈbɛn dər /
noun
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
Slang. a drinking spree.
Baseball Slang. curve(def 6a).
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bender
/ (ˈbɛndə) /
noun
informal a drinking bout
British taboo, slang a male homosexual
informal a makeshift shelter constructed by placing tarpaulin or plastic sheeting over bent saplings or woven branches
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Word Origin and History for bender
bender
late 15c., "instrument for bending," agent noun from bend (v.). Slang meaning "drinking bout" is American English, attested from 1846, perhaps from the Scottish sense of "a hard drinker" (1728).
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