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Though the building was served by its own powerstation, the elevators no longer ran, and the hot water was rationed, as in a fifthrate French pension.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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Yes, I suppose I shall look very low to him: a fifthrate scoundrel.
The Song of the Lark Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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