Thou bender of the thistle of Lora; why, thou breeze of the valley, hast thou left mine ear?
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
"Oh, nothing," said she; "only you dusted your clothes with your handkerchief after you fell, and now you've wiped your face with it, and it's all streaked up as if you'd been making mud pies, and your hat's a little out of shape, and-" "You look as if you'd been on a bender," added the fellow who had induced me to come to the confounded affair.
"The Blunders of a Bashful Man"
Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
Annabel bender has got the better o' me, for once!
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough