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bender

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bend·er

   [ben-der]
noun
1.
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
2.
Slang. a drinking spree.
3.
Baseball Slang. curve (def. 6a).
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English (in surnames); see bend1, -er1
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a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag
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bender (ˈbɛndə)
 
—n
1.  informal a drinking bout
2.  taboo, slang (Brit) a male homosexual
3.  informal a makeshift shelter constructed by placing tarpaulin or plastic sheeting over bent saplings or woven branches

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Word Origin & History

bender
late 15c., "instrument for bending" (see bend (v.)). Slang meaning "drinking bout" is Amer.Eng., attested from 1846, perhaps from the Scottish sense of "a hard drinker" (1728).
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Slang Dictionary

bender definition


  1. n.
    a drinking binge. (See also twister.) : Her benders usually last about ten days.
  2. n.
    a heavy drinker; a drunkard. : This bender comes up to me and nearly kills me with his breath, asking for a match.
  3. n.
    a girl who copulates without much fuss. (Her legs bend easily. The same as benda.) : Maydene is a bender and everybody knows it!
  4. n.
    a release of intestinal gas when someone bends over. : I stooped over and let a bender that rocked the room.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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