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third-person
third position
third rail
third-rate
third reading
Third Reich
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third-stream
third string
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third string
third string or third team


noun 
Definition:
 
substitute team ranked below second team: a second substitute team composed of players judged to lack the skills of players on the second string

third-string adjective
third-string·er noun
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