bench-warmer

See also: benchwarmer and bench warmer

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Noun

bench-warmer (plural bench-warmers)

1. (sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.

Related terms

• warm the bench

Translations

substitute player

• Finnish: vilttiketjulainen
• German: Bankdrücker (de) m, Bankdrückerin (de) f
• Italian: scaldapanchina m or f
• Spanish: calientabanca m or f
• Swedish: bänknötare c