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benchman

[ bench-muhn ]
/ ˈbɛntʃ mən /
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noun, plural bench·men.
a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
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Origin of benchman

First recorded in 1900–05; bench + -man

Words nearby benchman

bench hook, benching iron, bench jockey, Benchley, bench-made, benchman, benchmark, benchmarking, benchmark position, bench press, benchrest
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How to use benchman in a sentence

  • Strobik was a benchman of Henry A. Mollenhauer, the hardest and coldest of all three of the political leaders.

    The Financier|Theodore Dreiser
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