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The bronze medal of ordinals — beats most, but never the gold.
means The ordinal number for position three in a sequence, or one of three equal parts of a whole.
from From Old English 'thridda,' a swapped-letter sibling of 'three' — the 'r' migrated over centuries in a process called metathesis.
Musical thirdThe interval that decides major from minor.
Third baseBoth a baseball corner and teenage euphemism.
Third wheelThe unwanted ordinal at every couple's dinner.