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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: old, secondary, used
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