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bench jockey
noun[ C ]
USinformaluk /ˈbentʃ ˌdʒɒk.i/ us /ˈbentʃ ˌdʒɑː.ki/
a member of a baseball team who tries to influence events in a match while sitting on the bench(= the area where players sit during a game when they are not playing):
He is a renowned bench jockey who often shouts insults at opposing players when he is not playing.
He was a mean-spirited bench jockey who never ceased harassing umpires.
A few bench jockeys taunted him about his lack of height.
That was the most original comment I had ever heard from a bench jockey.
Durocher was the loudest bench jockey in the league.
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