"third string" meaning in English

See third string in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-third string.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} third string
  1. (idiomatic) Of a decidedly lower quality or condition. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-third_string-en-adj-2cj~TC-R

Noun

Audio: En-au-third string.ogg [Australia] Forms: third strings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} third string (plural third strings)
  1. (sports) A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team. Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: junior varsity [sports, hobbies, lifestyle]
    Sense id: en-third_string-en-noun-e9hyLQZv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for third string meaning in English (2.2kB)

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