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benchwarmer in British English (ˈbɛntʃwɔːmə) noun sport, US informal a player who is usually on the bench; reserve benchwarmer in American English (ˈbentʃˌwɔrmər) nounSport a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game Also: benchwarmer, bench-warmer Word origin [1890–95; bench + warmer]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, honky-tonk, neoclassicism, phoneme, wireless© Amanda Koehler, shutterstock |