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Bout of heavy drinking
Answer for the clue "Bout of heavy drinking ", 6 letters:
bender
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Word definitions for bender in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "instrument for bending," agent noun from bend (v.). Slang meaning "drinking bout" is American English, attested from 1846, perhaps from the Scottish sense of "a hard drinker" (1728).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which, bends. 2 A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle. 3 (context slang English) A bout of heavy drinking. 4 (context chiefly UK slang derogatory English) A homosexual man. 5 A simple shelter, made using flexible branches ...
Usage examples of bender.
They were about to enter when the front door opened, and both she and Bender turned to look.
She stared at Bender, her eyes blinking with the sudden sting of unshed tears.
A couple of faces turned toward her and Bender as they entered, but just as quickly turned back to their conversing partners.
Today, wearing jeans, a red plaid flannel shirt, and a denim jacket, Bender was no more formally dressed than yesterday.
Then she went looking for Bender, massaging her temples with both hands along the way.
Bill led her and Bender outside to his patrol car and whisked them off toward Seattle.
One of them, a balding man with the gleam of tit-illation in his eyes, shouted at Kerri and Bender as they walked by.
She ran into Bender at the door and he grabbed her shoulders, staring down at her with grave concern.
She pushed her way past Bender, searching the faces around her until she found Kevin in the kitchen, chatting with two other detectives.
His eyes darted back and forth between Kerri and Bender, his breathing growing more rapid with each passing second.
Scrambling into the back seat, she scooted over to the far side and helped Bender lay Jace inside, his head nestled in her lap.
Once he had Jace situated, Bender closed the door and climbed into the front seat next to a startled-looking Kevin.
He started the car, leaned over, opened the glove box in front of Bender and grabbed a blue bubble light.
Glancing over at Bender, Jim rapidly discerned he and the apparently unconscious child in his arms were with Kerri.
Kerri and Bender alone with only the hissing of the oxygen to mar the silence.