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sec. abbreviation of secant, second, secretary, section, etc.
1641in Nicholas Pap. (1886) 8 Mr. Sec. Vane. 1878Athletic World 5 Apr. 3/1 The Mile..was..won..in the fair time of 4 min. 40 3–5th sec. 1881Sportsman's Year-bk. 125 A very fine race... Time, 1 min. 163/4 secs. 1869Bradshaw's Railway Man. XXI. 48 Officers.—Gen. Man., James Smithells; Sec., Archibald Gibson. 1953Wodehouse Performing Flea 130 One of those tall, statuesque, frozen-faced secs who took his dictation in an aloof, revolted sort of way. 1956A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. ii. 319 ‘I'm afraid I can't stop now. I'm late for an appointment.’ ‘It won't take a sec,’ said Vin. a1960E. M. Forster Maurice (1971) vi. 37 Wait a sec, and I'll come too. 1962A. Lurie Love & Friendship x. 199, I wonder if you could hold the baby for me, Missus Turner, please, just for a sec. 1979M. Boyce I was There! 14/2 The Rugby Club's General Committee Banned ‘Sine Die’ their ticket Sec, my Uncle Will. |