Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the next class after the second: specifically noting the third grade of conveyances or accommodations for travel.
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- adjective Most
inferior in quality or standing.
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Examples
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Roman Catholics rank them in three tiers: first-class relics are actual pieces of a saintly contender; second-class relics are possessions of the person a spoon, a book; third-class relics are often swatches of cloth placed against first-class relics.
Bill Briggs: Relishing Relics: Will John Paul Go To Pieces? Bill Briggs 2011
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They walk past an unadorned third-class cabin before reaching the elegantly-furnished first-class section - considered more luxurious than any hotel of the era.
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Dominicans, because of their own issues with the fact that they are descendants of slaves, treat haitians like third-class citizens.
Global Voices in English » Dominican Republic: The Financial Cost of Undocumented Haitian Immigrants 2009
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Roman Catholics rank them in three tiers: first-class relics are actual pieces of a saintly contender; second-class relics are possessions of the person a spoon, a book; third-class relics are often swatches of cloth placed against first-class relics.
Bill Briggs: Relishing Relics: Will John Paul Go To Pieces? Bill Briggs 2011
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Also, at the railway stations, a third-class ticket was now shoved out to me as a matter of course.
THE DESCENT 2010
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They walk past an unadorned third-class cabin before reaching the elegantly-furnished first-class section - considered more luxurious than any hotel of the era.
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In a way, the trend is a throwback to the heyday of trans-Atlantic crossings in the 1920s, when first-, second- and third-class passengers were assigned separate areas of vessels.
The Return of the Class System Andrea Petersen 2011
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They walk past an unadorned third-class cabin before reaching the elegantly-furnished first-class section - considered more luxurious than any hotel of the era.
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A swath of that book revolves around a dialogue between a Pooka (a sort of third-class devil) and a Good Fairy, who being formless, spends a lot of time in his pocket.
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I just hope google stops treating Opera as a third-class browser; Opera and its users deserve much more than that. marjancek
Opera 10 Beta Adds “Turbo Mode”, Visual Tabs | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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