fender bender

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noun Informal.

a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.

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Origin of fender bender

First recorded in 1960–65

He’d been stripped of his driver’s license after the fender bender.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post
In March 2013 in Washington, D.C., Seth Bender got in the Uber he ordered and shortly thereafter committed the sin of burping.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When you left the piano for the Fender Rhodes and various synthesizers and came back to it, did it affect the way you play piano?
Herbie Hancock Holds Forth|David Yaffe|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tarantino would name his production company with Lawrence Bender, A Band Apart, after the film.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They have names like Bender, Graflex, Hasselblad, Canon, Mamiya, and Globuscope.
These Photographs Would Die Without Him|Dale Eisinger|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the struggle the gun fired the shot that killed John Bender.
Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He kisses the top of her head lightly and goes round to the club fender, where he sits with his back to the fireplace.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
The boy was hurt; my heart went out to him, for the memory of my own sock-ball and tickley-bender days came back to me.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Oliver retained his stool by the fire; and Barney, wrapped in a blanket, stretched himself on the floor, close outside the fender.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
The impact dragged down on the speed of the roadster so that the rear right fender was only crumpled by the brick work.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He stood on the tiger-skin rug before the fender, watching his cousin and smoking furiously.
Dope|Sax Rohmer