Usually means: Additional participant in a situation.
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  1. third man: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. third man: Merriam-Webster
  3. third man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. third man: Collins English Dictionary
  5. third-man: Wordnik
  6. third man: Wiktionary
  7. third man: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. third man: Dictionary.com
  9. The Third Man (TV series), The Third Man (disambiguation), The Third Man (film), The Third Man, The third man, Third Man (disambiguation), Third Man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. third man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. third man: Encyclopedia

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  1. Third man: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Third man: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (third man)

▸ noun:  (cricket) a fielding position on the off side, behind square, near the boundary; a fielder in that position

Similar:
cover, mid off, mid on, silly mid off, silly mid on, outfieldsman, straight hit, long off, fielder, deep midwicket, more...

Opposite:
first man, second man, fourth man, last man

Phrases:
Third man argument, The Third Man, Third Man Records, Third Man on the Mountain, The Third Man Theme, more...

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Similar:
cover, mid off, mid on, silly mid off, silly mid on, outfieldsman, straight hit, long off, fielder, deep midwicket, more...

Opposite:
first man, second man, fourth man, last man

Phrases:
Third man argument, The Third Man, Third Man Records, Third Man on the Mountain, The Third Man Theme, Third man factor, more...



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