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bench
noun- an athletic’s team coaching staff and reserve players, collectively US
- — Howard B. Bonham, Football Lingo, p. 3, 1962
- a youth gang US
- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1951: “A study of reformatory argot”
▶ ride the bench
to sit on the sidelines of an athletic competition as a substitute player US, 1911- Neither did his coaches players notice when Joe Connors, tired of bench-riding in the second half, walked to the dressing room, changed clothes and disappeared — San Francisco Examiner, p. 43, 30 September 1955
▶ warm the bench
to sit on the sidelines of an athletic contest as a substitute player US, 1911- The most unplayed, but not unpaid, athlete of his time, Charlie [Silvera], as Yogi Berra’s stand-in with the Yankees, collected over $50,000 in bonus pelf for six World Series, during which he did nothing but practice the gentle art of bench-warming. — San Francisco News Call-Bulletin, p. 30, 23 September 1960
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