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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third of the bases on the diamond counterclockwise from home plate; the last base to be reached by a runner before home plate.
- noun The position played by the third baseman.
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- noun baseball The base after
second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseballinfield . - noun colloquial Touching a man's or woman's genitals in a sexual manner; mutual masturbation.
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- noun the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
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"Remember, too, that Mr. Trump is a clear case of someone born on third base who imagines that he hit a triple: He inherited a fortune, and it’s far from clear that he has expanded that fortune any more than he would have if he had simply parked the money in an index fund."
- Paul Krugman, "Trump’s Delusions of Competence" NY Times, 27 May 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/opinion/trumps-delusions-of-competence.html?WT.mc_id=2016-MAY-OTB-INTL_AUD_DEV-0510-0531&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=IntlAudDev&_r=0
May 30, 2016