Usually means: Backup players; not first choice.
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  1. second string: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. second-string: Merriam-Webster
  3. second string, second string: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. second string: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. second string: Collins English Dictionary
  6. second-string, second string: Vocabulary.com
  7. second-string: Wordnik
  8. second-string, second string: Wiktionary
  9. second-string: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. second-string: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. second string: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. second-string, second string: Dictionary.com
  13. Second String: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. second-string: Rhymezone
  15. second-string, second string: FreeDictionary.org
  16. second-string, second string: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. second-string, second string: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. second string: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (second string)

noun:  (sports) A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.

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