Followup (January 12, 2024): Recent progress of 'like a third wheel' My answer posted in 2016 tracked the progress in Ngram of "like a third wheel" against "like a fifth wheel" for the period …

Apr 26, 2017 · 3rd wheel is pretty common.. – Slava Knyazev. Commented Jun 25, 2017 at 21:44 | Show 2 more comments. 3 ...

Dec 10, 2014 · Also the fifth wheel : Fig. an unwelcome or extra person. Bill always begs to come on camping trips with us, but really, he's a fifth wheel. (idiomatic) Anything superfluous or …

Aug 23, 2014 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as …

May 1, 2011 · The conjugation of irregular verbs can vary by dialect. In a very unscientific experiment, I googled "span the thread" and "he span the top", and I got a number of results …

Nov 28, 2021 · "Place getter" means achieving first, second or third place, though that is a relatively informal term. Depending on the context, it might be better to use the verb "placed"; …

The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate). The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three. According to Google Ngram Viewer there are some occurrences of …

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Jan 31, 2012 · Upon further research, it appears that in the realm of print media, they refer to the 3rd axis of linearity as "stacked". So you have horizontal , vertical , and stacked printing …

Jan 11, 2018 · 3rd = tertiary; 4th = quaternary; 5th = quinary; 6th = senary; 7th = septenary; 8th = octonary; 9th = nonary; 10th = denary; 12th = duodenary; 20th = vigenary. These come from …