third string

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps from the idea of having several strings to one's bow?”) === Pronunciation === === Adjective === third string (idiomatic) Of a decidedly lower quality or condition. === Noun === third string (plural third strings) (sports) A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team. ==== Synonyms ==== (sports): junior varsity