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benchwarmer
bench·warm·er B0183800 (bĕnch′wôr′mər)n. Sports A substitute player on a team.benchwarmer (ˈbɛntʃwɔːmə) n (General Sporting Terms) sport informal US a player who is usually on the bench; reservebench•warm•er (ˈbɛntʃˌwɔr mər)
n. Sports. a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game. [1890–95] Translationsbenchwarmer
bench warmerAn athlete who does not get much playing time (usually because they are not very good or skilled). I'm just a bench warmer, so you won't see me out on the court much.See also: bench, warmerbench warmer n. a ballplayer who spends most of the game on the bench waiting to play; a second-rate player. You’ll never be anything but a bench warmer. See also: bench, warmerbenchwarmerA person who is seldom or never active in an enterprise. Derived from the sports meaning of a player who rarely or never takes part in a game but is relegated to sitting on the bench, the term, which dates from the early 1900s, was almost immediately transferred to other circumstances. The sports meaning appeared in a 2006 film, The Benchwarmers, about three not very competent ballplayers. |