noun
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informal a drinking bout
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taboo a male homosexual
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informal a makeshift shelter constructed by placing tarpaulin or plastic sheeting over bent saplings or woven branches
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Etymology
Origin of bender
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And this latest fender bender might be the one that finally illuminates dashboard warning lights for those bosses who have always so hastily turned to Woods in the past.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
The damage included shooting down one of our own fighter jets and a carrier fender bender with a civilian ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Then, when I departed said strip mall and made a left-hand turn across four lanes of traffic, I hit another car—it was worse than a fender bender, but no one was hurt.
From Slate ● May 12, 2024
In 2018, an officer found a driver who had been responsible for a hit-and-run fender bender by falsely claiming to a third person that the driver had critically injured someone in the collision.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
All told, that little fender bender cost me four sols.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Eventually he finds his Earth Kingdom teacher, Toph, a blind young woman who is also one of the world’s greatest benders.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Last year, Kinigstein managed to avoid any fender benders while driving to my house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2023
They'd built shelters known as benders from the branches of hazel and willow trees dug into the ground and curved to form arches.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2020
Uber faces many lawsuits, over issues ranging from fender benders to wage disputes to more-serious incidents.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2019
“You go on one of your chocolate pudding benders again?”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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