second-string
adjective
sec·ond-string ˌse-kən(d)-ˈstriŋ 
ˌse-kᵊŋ-
: being a substitute as distinguished from a regular (as on a ball team)
Word History
Etymology
from the reserve bowstring carried by an archer in case the first breaks
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
- refractometer
- refractometers
- refractometric
- refractometries
- refractometry
- refractor
- refractories
- refractorily
- refractoriness
- refractorinesses
- refractors
- refractory
- refractory clay
- refractory period
- refractory rock
- refractory ware
- refracts
- refractured
- refractures
- refracturing
- refrain
- refrain (from)
- refrain from
- refraination
- refrained