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second string
noun as in group of substitute players
adjective as in second-rate
Example Sentences
True, she was only a second-string nominee, after Tom Daschle had to bow out because of those tax problems.
A modest salary, and the Heisman-worthy running back should make the same as the pine-riding second-string punter.
But for all the advantages Assad has handed to them, they cannot dislodge his second-string units from the city.
He took me from a second-string team and gave me a chance to make good on the Giants.
Driscolls firm for starting with a second-string line, but I dont like it.
Any second-string fellow that looks as if he was being held back?
I suppose Driscoll wants to bring him around for second-string man.
Nor was it the second-string outfit of the Moguls that would come.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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