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Definition of Bender
1. Noun. A tool for bending. "He used pliers as a bender"
2. Noun. Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party.
Generic synonyms: Revel, Revelry
Derivative terms: Carouse, Carouse
3. Noun. A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.
Generic synonyms: Delivery, Pitch
Derivative terms: Bend
Definition of Bender
1. n. One who, or that which, bends.
Definition of Bender
1. Noun. One who, or that which, bends. ¹
2. Noun. A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A bout of heavy drinking. ¹
4. Noun. (chiefly UK slang derogatory) A homosexual man. ¹
5. Noun. a simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies ¹
6. Noun. (obsolete UK slang) A sixpence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bender
1. one that bends [n -S] - See also: bends
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bender
Literary usage of Bender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and by Jacob Piatt Dunn (1919)
"The place of Mn. bender in business circles at Newcastle is as manager of the
... Ernest bender, Sr., was a florist by trade, and for several years was ..."
2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, Martha Joanna Lamb, Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910, John Austin Stevens (1886)
"JOHN WATTS DE PEYSTER. Disintegration of Canada. Dr. PROSPER bender. The Charleston
Convention ... Dr. PROSPER bender. Mr. Bancroft on Self-Government. Hon. ..."
3. American Cases on Contract by Ernest Wilson Huffcut, Edwin Hamlin Woodruff, William Reynell Anson (1894)
"bender v. BEEN. 78 IOWA, 283. —1889. Action upon a promissory note. ... A.
Been, JS Been, CA Been and Wm. White, given to G. bender. ..."
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