Meaning & use
Bender
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Informally, a prolonged period of excessive drinking; also, a person or tool that bends something.
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After the breakup, he went on a weekend bender with his college friends.
The machinist used a hydraulic bender to shape the steel pipe into an arc.
A note on using this word
The drinking sense of "bender" dates to at least the 19th century and remains common informal slang today.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A tool or machine used to bend metal, pipe, or other materials into a curved shape.
The plumber used a pipe bender to create a tight right-angle turn.
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