BENDER


Meaning of BENDER in English

/ ˈbendə(r); NAmE / noun

( slang ) a period of drinking a lot of alcohol or taking a lot of drugs :

to go on a bender

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent. (denoting instruments such as pliers, for bending things): from bend + -er .

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