Definitions
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- adjective belonging to the
second string of ateam - adjective
substitute orreplacement - adjective second most important
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
Etymologies
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Examples
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What you call a second-string side for Man City still involves some very good players.
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Look, I brought you out here to perform on the stage, not give out tricks to second-string fools offstage.
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Does this have second-string written on it, or am I being too harsh?
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But after its first- and second-string quarterbacks went down with injuries, rookie T.J. Yates from North Carolina is taking the snaps.
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• Selection looks second-string on jockey booking but is form pick
Sea Lord can sail ahead on the opening night of Dubai carnival
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Look, I brought you out here to perform on the stage, not give out tricks to second-string fools offstage.
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Look, I brought you out here to perform on the stage, not give out tricks to second-string fools offstage.
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Someone tossed Bills backup Tyler Thigpen a ball for him to loosen up his arm, but the second-string QB didn't see it coming and took one right to the helmet.
Tyler Thigpen Hit In Head By Football On Sideline During Bills-Redskins Game (VIDEO)
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The RFU also announced on Wednesday that the captain of the second-string England Saxons team, Luke Narraway, will take no further part in the Churchill Cup, because of a back problem.
RFU says John Steele is not on way out over Sir Clive Woodward affair
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Instigating a bar fight at the book party of a Successful Fiction Writer, in which I punch out the second-string bouncer and am taken away in a police van.
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