penniless-benchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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penniless-bench (usually uncountable, plural penniless-benches)

1. (obsolete) A roadside bench.
   • 1963, A. D. R. Caroe, The House of the Royal Institution, page 9:

     There were quite a number of 'penniless benches' scattered round the country even as far north as Yorkshire, and the name is thought to have meant originally a resting place by the wayside for poor travellers, no doubt in this case ...