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Meanings of third-class mail in English

Mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates.

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Examples for "third class"
Examples for "third class"
1
Turn right at the first junction on to a third class road.
The Irish Times
2
And this is my son Nafanail, a schoolboy in the third class.
Love and Other Stories
3
The third class, the heraldic bards, was the most influential of all.
A Popular History of the Art of Music / From the Earliest Times ...
4
The third class is so rare that it receives almost no discussion.
Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
5
He was just a second or third class farmer-justpoor white folks.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
Usage of third-class mail in English
1
Allowing these package humpers to carry first- and third-class mail would make this "suburban tax" disappear.
Wired
2
The technology is akin to bringing the First-, Second-, and Third-Class Mail system of the US Postal Service to the Internet.
Wired