Plinther
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
"At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off)."
Example
More examples"At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off)."
Etymology
From plinth + -er.
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