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First-string   /fərst-strɪŋ/   Listen
First-string

adjective
1.
Of members of a team; not substitutes.
2.
Being a regular member of a team.






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"First-string" Quotes from Famous Books



... correct. The first-string men were given easy practice and faced the second for only ten minutes in scrimmage. Then they were trotted off to the gymnasium and the 'varsity substitutes took their places. Steve relieved Sherrard at right end in the second ...
— Left End Edwards • Ralph Henry Barbour

... peach. Marvin, over there, is first-string quarter this year. Edwards will be one of our ends and Hall will have ...
— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour



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