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second-string definition

second-string (-striŋ′)

adjective

  1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position
  2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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