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English Dictionary: secondhand	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for secondhand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
secondhand adv by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand" 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" previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" Synonym(s): secondhand, used
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secondhand \Sec"ondhand`\, 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.