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secondclass

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sec⋅ond-class

  [sek-uhnd-klas, -klahs]
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–adjective
1. of a secondary class or quality.
2. second-rate; inferior.
–adverb
3. by second-class mail or passenger accommodations: to travel second-class.
Origin:
1830–40
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Word Origin & History

second-class  (adj.)
1837, from second (adj.) + class. Phrase second-class citizen is recorded from 1942.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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