bench warmer

An athlete who does not get much playing time (usually because they are not very good or skilled). I'm just a bench warmer, so you won't see me out on the court much. Yeah, I don't think he's a bench warmer. Look at all these awards he's won for the school! He's not very coordinated. To be honest, I don't know that I would even keep him as a bench warmer.

nose-warmer

1. slang A very short pipe used for smoking tobacco or marijuana. I have a little nose-warmer that I keep in my back pack so I can toke up throughout the day. My grandfather used to smoke this pungent tobacco out of a small nose-warmer after every meal—even breakfast!

2. slang The remains of the unburned end (the butt) of a marijuana cigarette. He kept trying to light the nose-warmer in his fingertips and nearly set his moustache on fire! We collected all the nose-warmers in the ash tray and filled a bowl with what we managed to scrape out of them.

bench warmer

n. a ballplayer who spends most of the game on the bench waiting to play; a second-rate player. You’ll never be anything but a bench warmer.

nose-warmer

verb

See nose-burner

nose-warmer

1. n. a short tobacco pipe. Fred smokes a nose-warmer, especially in the winter.

2. Go to nose-burner.

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Our line of fluid warmers is designed to maintain precise temperatures of injection fluids and irrigation fluids, while our blanket warmers are used for pre- and postoperative patient warming.

Enthermics Releases New Fluid Warmers and Combination Blanket/Fluid Warmer

* For hand warmers, break the yarn at the end of each stripe, leaving a 6" tail.

Warm stripes set

Get a soft trapper hat For just PS7.49each HOW TO CLAIM: To claim your free pair of hand warmers, complete the order form below and send a cheque or postal order for PS2.70 to cover postage by Sunday January 6, 2013, to People Hand Warmer Offer, PO Box 1196, Cheltenham, GL50 9UQ.

FREE Worth PS9.99(Just pay postage) Colours vary PAIR OFHand WARMERS

This recall involves holiday-themed tea light candle warmers in the shapes of snowmen and gingerbread houses.

Christmas tree shops recall candles

IN 1983 my parents bought me a body warmer and even at that young age, I knew instinctively that something was terribly wrong.

CHILD OF THE 80s

Anytime you get cold during the day, even placing a smaller hand warmer on the back of your neck warms you pretty quickly.

In-Fisherman Editor In Chief Doug Stange has, while filming ice fishing guide TV, spent at least 40 days on the ice each of the last three seasons, in all kinds of conditions. We asked him tricks to staying warm in difficult weather

I walked Zoe at five, read the newspaper, ate breakfast, showered, and left for work wearing the men's ear warmers. I huddled on the cold, windy platform awaiting the eastbound train to carry me to my job.

Ear warmers

These warmers are mostly being sold by the vendors who are making a good living out of this business.

Sale of new innovative ear warmers shoots up in Srinagar

Conversational warmers are confirming; they acknowledge the presence and the contributions of other persons and try their best to understand what others are saying.

Conversational coolers and warmers

Little Hotties Warmers was founded in 2004, and its products are sold nationwide at such retailers as Menards, Pep Boys, Costco and REI.

Acquisition is good fit for Implus

Already a hit in the convenience store channel, the treats are available in chocolate chip cookies, mini donuts and brownie bites that are merchandised warm in signature blue Sweet Minis Poppin' Fresh cups from a specially designed warmer that is kept on the countertop.

Cup of convenience

Mondor, striped leg warmers, #257, $8, www.mondor.com

Covered in color: vivid warm-ups to keep you cozy

Put it over a tee on warmer days, a sweater on colder ones.

Baby, its cold outside! Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. And toes. And, frankly, everything in between. Here are six chick ways to keep warm while staying cute!

The IV fluid warmers used in this study were a water-bath warmer (Hakko blood warmer HBW 5; Hakko, Tokyo, Japan), a dry heat plate warmer (Medi-Temp III; Gaymar Industries, Orchard Park, NY, U.S.A.), and an IV fluid tube warmer (Hotline HL-90; Level 1 Technologies, Marshfield, MA, U.S.A.) (Table 1).

Performance of three systems for warming intravenous fluids at different flow rates

Comfort Personal Cleansing[R] Warmers automatically display the individual warming status of every item inside, thereby eliminating confusion and guesswork.

Warming unit. (Product Watch)