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second-rates

second-rates is the plural of second-rate.

Meaning of second-rate

Noun

second-rate (plural second-rates)

  1. (UK, historical) A second-rate ship of the line.

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Questions about second-rates

What is second-rates the plural of?
Second-rates is the plural of second-rate.

Words near second-rates in the dictionary

  1. second-preimage attack
  2. second-preimage attacks
  3. second-rate
  4. second-rater
  5. second-raters
  6. second-rates
  7. second-round effect
  8. second-round effects
  9. second-sighted
  10. second-storey man
  11. second-storey men

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