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bender

 noun
     
ben‧der [countable] informal
1 a time when people drink a lot of alcohol or take a lot of drugs:
The whole team went on a bender and were arrested.
2 British English taboo a very offensive word for a man who is attracted to other men. Do not use this word. [= homosexual]
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