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bender

see also: Bender

Pronunciation

Noun

bender (plural benders)

One who, or that which, bends.
A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.
He's been out on a bender with his mates.
- 1857, Newspaper, April:
  A couple of students of Williams College went over to North Adams on a bender. This would have been serious matter under the best of circumstances, but each returned with a “brick in his hat,” etc.
(chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 6,
  “So they're easy about having a bender in the house, are they, their lordships?”
A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies
(UK, slang) A suspended sentence.
- 2015, Olly Jarvis, Death by Dangerous (page 81)
  'Oh and Gary, what happened in Ahmed?' 'Not guilty, sir.' 'Oh no! And Tredwell?' 'Bender.' 'Suspended sentence? So both walked. […]
- 2019, Howard Williamson, Youth and Policy: Contexts and Consequences
  He anticipated a prison sentence though he thought there was a slight possibility of 'getting off on a bender' (suspended sentence).
(obsolete, UK, slang) A sixpence.
- Q en
(obsolete, slang, US) A spree, a frolic.
(obsolete, slang, US) Something exceptional.

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Translations

French: soûlerie, beuverie, murge (slang), biture (slang), cuite (slang), muflée (slang)
German: Saufgelage
Italian: sbronza
Russian: попо́йка

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Interjection

(obsolete, British slang) Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard. [early 19th c.]
(obsolete, British slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. [early 19th c.]
O yes, I'll do it — bender!

Synonyms

Bender

Proper noun

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