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"bender" Definition

  1. a sixpence. Probably from its liability to bend. In the days when the term was most in use sixpences were not kept in the excellent state of preservation peculiar to the currency of the present day.
  2. the arm; “over the BENDER,” synonymous with “over the left.”—_See_ OVER.

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Position in the dictionary: 157 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: bendigo, bene, benedick, benjamin, benjy, beong, bess-o’-bedlam, best, better, betting round
Previous words in the dictionary: bend, ben joltram, ben cull, ben, bemuse, belly-vengeance, belly-timber, bellowsed, bellows to mend, bellows

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