bender

English

/ˈbɛndə/, /ˈbɛndɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • One who, or that which, bends.
  • A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
  • (slang) A bout of heavy drinking.
  • (chiefly) A homosexual man.
  • A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies
  • (UK) A suspended sentence.
  • (obsolete) A sixpence.
  • (obsolete) A spree, a frolic.
  • (obsolete) Something exceptional.

Etymology

Suffix from English bend.

Origin

English

bend

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