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"just learned that the etymology for "going on a bender" is because a sixpence (once enough to get very drunk on) was made of very thin bendable metal"

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  Bender - A sixpence was known as a bender because due to its silver content it could be bent in the hands. This was commonly done to create 'love tokens', many of which survive in collections to this day. The value of a sixpence was also enough to get thoroughly inebriated as taverns would often allow you to drink all day for tuppence. This gave rise to the expression 'Going on a bender'."

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