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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; ME (in surnames); see bend 1 , -er 1
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bend·er   (běn'dər)   
n.  
  1. One that bends: a bender of iron bars; a bender of the truth.

  2. Slang A spree, especially a drinking spree.

Ben·de·ry   (běn-děr'ē, bĭn-dyě'rē)   
See Tighina.
Ti·ghi·na   (tĭ-gē'nə)   
A city of southern Moldova on the Dniester River northwest of Odessa, Ukraine. A historically strategic gateway to Bessarabia, the city has been controlled at various times by Turkey, Russia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. Population: 128,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
bender

  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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