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elbow-bender
[ el-boh-ben-der ]
noun
Slang.
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages to excess; a heavy drinker.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð±ô·²ú´Ç·É-²ú±ð²Ô»å·¾±²Ô²µ noun adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of elbow-bender1
First recorded in 1910–15; elbow ( def ) + bender ( def ), from the image of a person bending the elbow to pick up an alcoholic drink, usually in a bar
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Example Sentences
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From Kerrigan's Kozy Korner to the Stork Club, barrooms have suffered from an influx of "kids and marginal drinkers," which one Manhattan elbow-bender has scornfully dubbed "The Television Set."
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