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noun Sports.

a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.

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Also, bench warmer, bench-warm·er.

Origin:
1890–95; bench + warmer

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bench warmer definition

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.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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