Most of them, on both arms and legs, are in two great groups-one known as the "benders," or flexors, which, when they shorten, bend the limb; and the other, the "straighteners," or extensors, which straighten or extend it.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
It appeared that Hoddan was revered for the size of the benders he enabled his followers to hang on.
"The Pirates of Ersatz"
Murray Leinster
We forced the dogs and they took it on the run, the ice undulating beneath them, the same as it does when little wanton boys play at tickley benders, often with serious results, on the newly formed ice on ponds and brooks down in civilization.
"A Negro Explorer at the North Pole"
Matthew A. Henson Commentator: Robert E. Peary Booker T. Washington