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third-class en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Most inferior in quality or standing.
    • Travelling third-class isn't just slow, it's painful.
    • Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances. 1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120:

Relateds

first-class · second-class

Translations (5)

de dritter Klasse (most inferior in quality or standing) · cmn 三等 (most inferior in quality or standing) · fi kolmannen luokan (most inferior in quality or standing) · ru третьесо́ртный (most inferior in quality or standing) · de drittklassig (most inferior in quality or standing)