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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Secondhand \Sec"ond*hand'\, adjective
1. Not original or primary; received from another; as, secondhand information. [1913 Webster +PJC]
They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. --Locke.
2. Not new; already or previously possessed or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
{At second hand}. See {Hand}, noun, 10.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
secondhand
adjective
1: 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"
2: previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" [syn: {used}]
adverb: by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"
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