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How to use second-string in a sentence

He took me from a second-string team and gave me a chance to make good on the Giants.
BASEBALL JOE AROUND THE WORLDLESTER CHADWICK
Driscolls firm for starting with a second-string line, but I dont like it.
FULL-BACK FOSTERRALPH HENRY BARBOUR
Any second-string fellow that looks as if he was being held back?
QUARTER-BACK BATESRALPH HENRY BARBOUR
I suppose Driscoll wants to bring him around for second-string man.
CENTER RUSH ROWLANDRALPH HENRY BARBOUR
Nor was it the second-string outfit of the Moguls that would come.
LOCAL COLORIRVIN S. COBB
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SECOND-STRING

  • back seat
  • bottom
  • bottom-rung
  • entry-level
  • junior
  • less
  • lesser
  • lower
  • menial
  • minor
  • minus
  • nether
  • peon
  • second
  • second-banana
  • second-fiddle
  • second-string
  • secondary
  • smaller
  • subjacent
  • subordinate
  • subsidiary
  • under
  • underneath
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