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bench warmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
Exact(34)
Ketvirtis was a bench warmer.
But a bench warmer, he is not.
Will Babe entice the scrawny bench warmer into her arms?
Crutcher is the perennial bench warmer of every athletic season.
INSIDE TRACK: From bench warmer to franchise player.
Like a bench warmer turned hero, this is an unheralded show that shoots and scores.
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Between bench warming and starting.
There was no bench warming for Tipsarevic on Wednesday, who had begun the week as an alternate before getting called up to fill in for a hobbled Murray.
Mr. Alexander was remembered as perceptive and thorough on the bench, warm and sociable off, with a sense of humor that belied his sometimes formal bearing.
However, it may revert to its bad old ways to provide succor to David Beckham, the English midfielder who is keeping the substitutes' bench warm at Real Madrid.
Mood swings and hot flashes, that combination is enough to make you want to turn in your final four tickets and bench warm it up at the bar!
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