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third-stringer

third-stringer noun: one who is a third string.

Noun

third-stringer (plural third-stringers)

  1. One who is a third string.

Forms of third-stringer

pluralthird-stringers

Origin of third-stringer

From third string + -er.

Questions about third-stringer

What does third-stringer mean?
Third-stringer means one who is a third string.
What part of speech is third-stringer?
Third-stringer is a noun.
What is the plural of third-stringer?
The plural of third-stringer is third-stringers.

Words near third-stringer in the dictionary

  1. third-pounder
  2. third-pounders
  3. third-rate
  4. third-rates
  5. third-string
  6. third-stringer
  7. third-stringers
  8. third-to-last
  9. third-wave coffee
  10. third-wave feminism
  11. third-wave feminist

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