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secondhand

sec·ond·hand [ sèkənd hánd ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. previously owned: previously owned or used

2. selling used goods: selling or dealing in used goods

3. not original: received from or reliant on somebody or something other than the original source
secondhand accounts of the incident



adverb 
Definition:
 
1. in used condition: after being owned or used by somebody else
bought it secondhand

2. through intermediary: from or through somebody or something else and not by direct experience or personal effort
acquires the information secondhand


at secondhand from or through somebody or something else

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