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third class, third-class, phr. (n. and a.)
1. n. phr. The class next below the second; esp. of railway carriages; also in an examination list; hence, a place in the third class in an examination.
1844Punch VII. 258/2 Third class. Make up your mind for unmitigated hail, rain, sleet, snow and lightning... Do not expect the luxury of a seat. 1845Bradshaw's Railway Guide Aug. 5 Fares between London and Brighton..by..third class, 5s. Mod. Mr. A. got a third class in History.
2. attrib. or adj. Of or belonging to the class next below the second.
1839Bradshaw's Railway Time Table 19 Oct., Children under seven years of age..for Second Class Carriages [charged] Third Class price. 1840Bradshaw's Railway Comp., Third class passengers are conveyed by the 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Down Trains. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 76 The introduction of railways, whose worst third-class accommodation is far better than the old coaches' best. 1859All Year Round No. 30. 78 The third⁓class carriages, as a rule, were the mere seatless and unsheltered cattle-trucks that still linger on the road from London to Greenwich. 1871M. Collins Marq. & Merch. III. iv. 127 The train was third class. 1886C. E. Pascoe London of To-day xix. (ed. 3) 186 The economical traveller will find many a worse resting-place than its third-class carriages provide. 1891Cent. Dict., Third-class matter, in the postal system of the United States, printed matter other than newspapers or periodicals, sent through the mails by the publishers.
3. quasi-adv. By a third-class conveyance.
1864Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 24 Natives almost invariably travel third-class. |