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Definition of bender noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bender

noun
 
/ˈbendə(r)/
 
/ˈbendər/
(slang)
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  1. a period of drinking a lot of alcohol or taking a lot of drugs
    • to go on a bender
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBender is used after these nouns:
    • fender
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting instruments such as pliers, for bending things): from bend + -er.
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