over the bender

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English[edit]

Interjection[edit]

over the bender

  1. (obsolete, British slang) Synonym of over the left shoulder (“to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief”)
    • 1835, Charles Whitehead, The Autobiography of Jack Ketch, page 74:
      "Over the bender," said Wisp, with a laugh, tossing his thumb over his left shoulder as he spoke.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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