About The Word Secondhand
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Secondhand
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What's The Definition Of Secondhand?
[adv] by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"
[adj] previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" [adj] derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand" Synonyms | Synonyms for Secondhand: old | secondary | used Related Terms | Find terms related to Secondhand: See Also | Secondhand In Webster's Dictionary \Sec"ond*hand`\, a.
1. Not original or primary; received from another.
They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge.
--Locke.
2. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a
secondhand book, garment.
{At second hand}. See {Hand}, n., 10.
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