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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 car"
   - used

1. By indirect means
   "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"

1. An intermediate person; used in the phrase 'at second hand'
   "he could learn at second hand from books"
    
2. Hand marking seconds on a timepiece
   - seconds hand

1. From a source of previously owned goods
   "I prefer to buy second hand"

Derived forms: second hands, seconds hand

See also: old, secondary

Type of: go-between, hand, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, mediator

Encyclopedia: Second hand