[third class] {n.} 1. The third best or highest group; the classnext after the second class.
Mary won the pie-making contest in thethird class, for the youngest girls.
2. Mail that is printed, otherthan magazines and newspapers that are published regularly, andpackages that are not sealed and weigh less than a pound.
Thecompany uses third class to mail free samples of soap.
3. The leastexpensive class of travel.
I couldn’t afford anything better thanthe third class on the ship coming home from France.
Compare: FIRSTCLASS, SECOND CLASS.
Newspapers and magazines топик.
Рассказ день который запомнился на английском.
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Значение идиомы third class