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benchwarmer


bench·warm·er

noun \ˈbench-ˌwȯr-mər\

Definition of BENCHWARMER

: a reserve player on an athletic team
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Examples of BENCHWARMER

  1. I played a little, but mostly I was a benchwarmer.

First Known Use of BENCHWARMER

1892

Rhymes with BENCHWARMER

barnstormer, brainstormer, conformer, heart-warmer, informer, performer, reformer, shed dormer, transformer

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