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second division

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noun Sports.
the half of a league comprising the teams having the poorest records at a particular time.
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Origin of second division

First recorded in 1895–1905

Words nearby second division

second consonant shift, second cousin, second-degree burn, second-degree murder, second derivative, second division, seconde, secondee, Second Empire, second estate, second fiddle
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How to use second division in a sentence

  • You needn't be so stuffy, dad, because her father's only a second-division clerk at the Treasury.

    Mr. Prohack|E. Arnold Bennett
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