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bender
English
Etymology
bend +? -er. In sense of “heavy drinking”, originally generally “spree”, from 1846, of uncertain origin – vague contemporary sense of “something extraordinary”, connection to bend (e.g., bending elbow to drink) or perhaps from Scottish sense of “strong drinker”.
A sixpence was known as a bender because its silver content made it easy to bend in the hands. This was commonly done to create ‘love tokens’, many of which survive in collections to this day. The value of a sixpence was also enough to get thoroughly inebriated as taverns would often allow you to drink all day for tuppence. This gave rise to the expression ‘going on a bender’.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?nd?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
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 Britain, 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?”
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 6,
- A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies
- (Britain, 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).
- 2015, Olly Jarvis, Death by Dangerous (page 81)
- (obsolete, Britain, slang) A sixpence.
- (obsolete, slang, US) A spree, a frolic.
- (obsolete, slang, US) Something exceptional.
Usage notes
In sense “bout of heavy drinking”, usually in form “on a bender”.
Synonyms
- (bout of heavy drinking): binge, spree, toot
- (homosexual man): See Thesaurus:male homosexual
- (shelter): bender tent
Derived terms
- conduit bender
- gender bender
- pipe bender
Translations
Interjection
bender
- (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.]
Synonyms
- (disbelief): See Thesaurus:bullshit
- (sarcasm): I don't think, not
References
- Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, p. 96
- Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of the Underworld, London, Macmillan Co., 1949
Anagrams
- Berden, berend, rebend
Aragonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
bender
- (transitive) to sell
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “bender”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN
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bander
English
Etymology
band +? -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
bander (plural banders)
- (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds
- A device for putting metal bands around crates.
Translations
Anagrams
- Barden, Bednar, Benard, Berdan, Braden, Brenda, Redban, barned
French
Etymology
From bande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.de/
Verb
bander
- (transitive) to bandage
- (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
- (intransitive, slang) to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bander” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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