Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bender"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bender \Bend"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, bends.
2. An instrument used for bending.
3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett.
4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bender
n 1: a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
2: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: {carouse},
{carousal}, {toot}, {booze-up}]
3: a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it
approach the batter [syn: {curve}, {curve ball}, {breaking
ball}]
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