"second to none"

[Jonathan Lighter]

If you say so....

But an advanced search from my obviously second-to-yours computer was
wholly rebuffed.

JL

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 07:59:26PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> A search finds no trace in OED.
>
> Except, perhaps, for the mention at NONE pron. A.2.a., which
> cross-refers to SECOND adj. 2.a., "Hence, in negative and limiting
> contexts, Inferior (_to none, only to..._)," with quotations from
> Shakespeare onwards?
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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