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In his first professional fight, Louis knocked out a third-rater named Jack Kracken in the first round.

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After all, Fritzie figured, he had only been knocked out twice in his life, once by one Milt Aron, another time, with considerable insistence, by a third-rater named Laddie Tonelli.

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Quipped Henry Fountain Ashurst: "I am confronted with such a situation that I must vote . . . for a third-termer rather than a third-rater."

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A few weeks ago, in Baltimore, gentle Giant Simon had been licked by a third-rater named Jim Thompson.

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Never was better than a third-rater, I guess.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon