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Second-string   /sˈɛkənd-strɪŋ/   Listen
Second-string

adjective
1.
Being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team.





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"Second-string" Quotes from Famous Books



... played, or forfeited to Allandale; and Scranton fellows are not in the habit of giving anything up without the hardest kind of a struggle. So with a sigh, and trying to appear calm, Hugh turned to his second-string pitcher. ...
— The Chums of Scranton High Out for the Pennant • Donald Ferguson


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