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bender

/ˈbɛndə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. One who, or that which, bends.
  2. A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
  3. A bout of heavy drinking.
  4. A homosexual man.
  5. A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies
  6. A suspended sentence.
  7. (British slang) Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.
  8. (British slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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