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second class

The second-lowest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, between tenderfoot and first class.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

The second-lowest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, between tenderfoot and first class.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK) A class of postage with delivery times slower than first class.

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  • “Sucks to hear I'm a second class consumer”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Yes yes and yes men did this to women this all stems from the Bible women are second class citizens i believe.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I have personal evidence they are not Getting real tired of a walking corpse trying to make entire cadres of second class citizens for his own amusement”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “i usually see it in games that borrow the base dnd structure but allow for promotion or a second class, totaling to a max 40. usually older games”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • ““Israel is a Jewish state, no matter how offensive that is to you.” It is offensive to the 20% of Israeli CITIZENS who are NOT Jewish. You are telling them that they are second class citizens in their own country. That is the definition of an Apartheid state.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

A class of travel, inferior to first class.

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  • “Teachers and nurses are the foundation of society. Why they are treated as second class citizens is beyond me. Oh, it's because republicans are male chauvinist a-holes....”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#trainlennon @quantick.bsky.social Second Class Hero”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “They've already got the mayor of New York. What's their problem? I mean aside from the fact that all the labor that could be sent out of the country has been and a lot of the remaining labor is second class non-citizens. It's not the 19th century anymore. Really.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “They kicked the can because they knew this would influence the mid-terms even more. Stay sharp people, this is just a pause in their plan to take away a woman's right to bodily autonomy and to make women second class citizens.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “>based on real world events in their respective specific histories (horse racing and famous train models) >the humanized versions of the real life things are treated like second class citizens in canon >exist to create yuri and yaoi moments respectively”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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