over the bender

English

Interjection

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

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary