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Bench

Real graffiti spotting term from train culture

To watch for and phtograph graffiti on trains. Derived from NYC subway graffiti culture, writers would sit on a bench and watch the painted up trains go by.

Fred: "hey pablo, what are you doing this weekend?" Pablo: " I think that I am going to the train yard to bench.". Fred "Word mang thats whats up, keep an eye out for my stuff"

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bench in surveying

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