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fourth class

fourth class noun: a (former) class of mail in the United States and Canada.

Noun

fourth class (uncountable)

  1. A (former) class of mail in the United States and Canada.
  2. A class of rail travel formerly found in some countries.
    • […] Mr. S. C. Hawtrey writes that when he knew the Moscow-Kazan Railway (then under British management) in 1913, it was a regular practice in Russia to paint the exterior of first class coaches blue, second class yellow, third class green, and fourth class, where it still survived, brown.1946 May and June, “Notes and News: Russian Coach Colours”, in Railway Magazine, pages 184–185
    • […] up in front the third and fourth class passengers were making a babel of noise as they either detrained or entrained together with their large families and strange collection of parcels, bundles and earthenware jars.1958 February, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93

Questions about fourth class

What does fourth class mean?
Fourth class means a (former) class of mail in the United States and Canada.
What part of speech is fourth class?
Fourth class is a noun.

Words near fourth class in the dictionary

  1. fourteens
  2. fourteenth
  3. fourteenthly
  4. fourteenths
  5. fourth
  6. fourth class
  7. fourth contact
  8. fourth contacts
  9. fourth cousin
  10. fourth cousins
  11. fourth cover

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