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bench work

American  

noun

  1. work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.


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"Be nice, be conciliatory to those on the other bench, work together and make life better for the poor people in the backstreets."

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

He no longer does bench work, but he interacts with scientists who do.

From Nature • Nov. 6, 2018

Turned out, one of the recurrent donors to the park, who had adopted 18 benches and given them as gifts, had gotten to know and admire Lou Young from watching him do his bench work.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2016

She has been doing bench work since she was 16.

From Nature • Jan. 5, 2011

The lathe was a pleasure to him, and so with bench work, and within ten days a new and larger wagon was turned out.

From The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns by Finlay, Roger Thompson

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