second class
noun
the class of travel accommodations, as on a train, that are less costly and luxurious than first class but are more costly and luxurious than third class.
second classes
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pluralof second class.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Bostick’s daughter said she discovered the boy’s first and second classes were two or three classrooms away from her own.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2018
Wounded eight times, he rose through the ranks to lieutenant and won the Iron Cross first and second classes.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2012
For the first and second classes of land we need a new type of agriculture, the crop-yielding trees.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 by Northern Nut Growers Association
I pick by hand, and sort into first and second classes, and pack in bushel boxes, selling at wholesale; haul to market on a rack; make my culls into cider.
From The Apple by Various
Never had Captain Albutt commanded at a better bit of cavalry work than was done this afternoon by members of the first and second classes.
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
