third class

Alternative spelling of third-class.

Adjective

  1. Alternative spelling of third-class.

Noun

  1. A reduced-rate mail service for printed matter.
  2. The cheapest accommodation on a train or ship.
    • Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives. - 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia...
    • Mayhew's survey found that 69 per cent of Met travellers went by third class, 20.5 per cent second, 10.5 per cent first. The Met would abolish second class in 1905 at the time of electrification. - 2012, Andrew Martin,...
    • Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway. -...

Forms

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