rule-bendern.

Brit.

/ˈruːlˌbɛndə/, U.S.

/ˈrulˌbɛndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, bender n.

Etymology: < rule n.¹ + bender n.

1. Originally Typography. A machine for bending straight pieces of metal. Cf. rule n.¹ 17.

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1891 Weekly News (Mansfield, Ohio) 19 Feb. One vice, one mitre box, one cupboard, one wall bracket, one rule cutter, one rule bender and other small articles too numerous to mention.

1905 Inland & Amer. Printer & Lithographer May 204/1 (advt.) Those two little notches in the Elite Rule Bender..wave Brass Rule easily, quickly, neatly.

1957 Life 14 Oct. 113/3 (advt.) Diemaker, steel rule dies, Jigsawyer and rule bender.

1998 Package Printing & Converting (Nexis) Nov. 34 Reliable was the first company to buy and make use of a Sumo automatic rule bender.

2. A person who bends the rules. Cf. to bend the rules at rule n.¹ Phrases 1f.

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1962 Los Angeles Times 6 July ii. 4/5 Brown managed to avoid exposing his skill as a rule bender.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters vii. 272 They were rule-benders (or perhaps sometimes lawbreakers) in a rule-benders and lawbreakers' world.

1986 N.Y. Mag. 8 Dec. 52/2 His fellow officers included a large number of drunks, shirkers, boss fighters, rule benders, rebels, and crooks who were not quite crooked enough to fire.

1991 Observer 20 Oct. 43/5 His emergence as a rule-maker rather than rule-bender has been a stimulating influence on athletics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rule-bender
释义	rule-bendern. Brit. /ˈruːlˌbɛndə/, U.S. /ˈrulˌbɛndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, bender n. Etymology: < rule n.¹ + bender n. 1. Originally Typography. A machine for bending straight pieces of metal. Cf. rule n.¹ 17. ΚΠ 1891 Weekly News (Mansfield, Ohio) 19 Feb. One vice, one mitre box, one cupboard, one wall bracket, one rule cutter, one rule bender and other small articles too numerous to mention. 1905 Inland & Amer. Printer & Lithographer May 204/1 (advt.) Those two little notches in the Elite Rule Bender..wave Brass Rule easily, quickly, neatly. 1957 Life 14 Oct. 113/3 (advt.) Diemaker, steel rule dies, Jigsawyer and rule bender. 1998 Package Printing & Converting (Nexis) Nov. 34 Reliable was the first company to buy and make use of a Sumo automatic rule bender. 2. A person who bends the rules. Cf. to bend the rules at rule n.¹ Phrases 1f. ΚΠ 1962 Los Angeles Times 6 July ii. 4/5 Brown managed to avoid exposing his skill as a rule bender. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters vii. 272 They were rule-benders (or perhaps sometimes lawbreakers) in a rule-benders and lawbreakers' world. 1986 N.Y. Mag. 8 Dec. 52/2 His fellow officers included a large number of drunks, shirkers, boss fighters, rule benders, rebels, and crooks who were not quite crooked enough to fire. 1991 Observer 20 Oct. 43/5 His emergence as a rule-maker rather than rule-bender has been a stimulating influence on athletics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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