third string
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: "Perhaps from the idea of having several strings to one's bow?")
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]third string (plural third strings )
- (sports ) A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.
Synonyms
[edit ]- (sports): junior varsity