hellbender

[hel-ben-der]

hell·bend·er

[hel-ben-der]
noun
1.
a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
2.
Informal. a reckless or headstrong person.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; hell + bender
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Hellbender is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hellbender (ˈhɛlˌbɛndə)
 
n
a very large dark grey aquatic salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, with internal gills: inhabits rivers in E and central US: family Cryptobranchidae

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hellbender definition

[ˈhɛlbɛndɚ]
  1. n.
    a drinking bout. (Use caution with hell. Hellbender is also the name of a large salamander.) : Jed is off on another of his hellbenders.
  2. n.
    a heavy drinker; a drunkard. (The bender refers to bending the elbow with a drink in hand. Use caution with hell.) : Willy is a hellbender from way back.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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