- first-string
- adjective (only before noun) a first-string player in a team plays when the game begins because they are the most skilled —compare secondstring
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first-string — adj. First to play in a game; not reserved as a substitute; of members of a team. Also used in non sports contexts to mean {first rate}. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first string(1) — {n.}, {informal} 1. The best group of players on a team; first team; A team. * /Dick loved basketball and practiced hard until he was put on the first string./ 2. The best group of workers. * /Tom learned his trade so well that his boss soon… … Dictionary of American idioms
first string(1) — {n.}, {informal} 1. The best group of players on a team; first team; A team. * /Dick loved basketball and practiced hard until he was put on the first string./ 2. The best group of workers. * /Tom learned his trade so well that his boss soon… … Dictionary of American idioms
first-string — {adj.}, {informal} 1. On the starting team or A team. * /He was the first string quarterback./ 2. Of the best quality; foremost. * /He was the least expensive of the city s first string lawyers./ … Dictionary of American idioms
first-string — {adj.}, {informal} 1. On the starting team or A team. * /He was the first string quarterback./ 2. Of the best quality; foremost. * /He was the least expensive of the city s first string lawyers./ … Dictionary of American idioms
first-string — adjective Date: 1917 1. being a regular as distinguished from a substitute (as on a team) 2. first rate • first stringer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
String quartets (Schoenberg) — The Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime. These were the String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 (1908), String Quartet No. 3, Op.… … Wikipedia
String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók) — The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year.The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:# Lento # Allegretto # Allegro vivace The work was at least in … Wikipedia
String Quartet No. 1 (Dvořák) — Antonín Dvořák finished the composition of his String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 2, (B. 8), in March, 1862. It was one of his early chamber works. Background Dvořák s fourteen string quartets covers the substantial part of his composing career … Wikipedia
string — See: FIRST STRING, LATCH STRING, ON THE STRING or ON A STRING, PULL STRINGS, PURSE STRINGS, SHOE STRING CATCH, TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS … Dictionary of American idioms
string — See: FIRST STRING, LATCH STRING, ON THE STRING or ON A STRING, PULL STRINGS, PURSE STRINGS, SHOE STRING CATCH, TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS … Dictionary of American idioms
