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third-class

third-class adjective: most inferior in quality or standing.

Adjective

third-class (not comparable)

  1. Most inferior in quality or standing.
    • Travelling third-class isn't just slow, it's painful.
    • Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120

Phrases with third-class

Questions about third-class

What does third-class mean?
Third-class means most inferior in quality or standing.
What part of speech is third-class?
Third-class is an adjective.

Words near third-class in the dictionary

  1. third-angle projections
  2. third-best
  3. third-campism
  4. third-campist
  5. third-campists
  6. third-class
  7. third-class citizen
  8. third-class citizens
  9. third-class entities
  10. third-class entity
  11. third-class object

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