fourth class

fourth class {n.}

A class of mail that is not sealed and weighs a pound or more, that includes things that are bought and sold and sent in the mail, and printed things that are not second or third class mail.

Bill sent away 98 cereal box tops and a dollar and got back a sheriff's badge and gun in the mail by fourth class.

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fourth-class

[fourth-class(1)] {adj.} Belonging to the fourth class of mail. * /The package weighed a pound and a half, so it had to be sent by fourth-class mail./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

third class

[third class] {n.} 1. The third best or highest group; the class next after the second class. * /Mary won the pie-making contest in the third class, for the youngest […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

first-class

[first-class] (1) {adj.} 1. Of the highest class or best kind; excellent; first-rate. * /Jane did a first-class job of repairing the coat./ * /It was a first-class TV program./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

first class

[first class] {n.} 1. The first rank; the highest class; the best group. * /The pianist was quite good but he was not in the first class./ 2. The most […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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