Meaning of plinther | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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).”

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