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second hand
adjective(sec-ond-hand)
received from or through an intermediary : borrowed
second hand
adjective(sec-ond-hand)
derivative
second hand
adjective(sec-ond-hand)
acquired after being used by another : not new
second hand
adverb(sec-ond-hand)
at second hand : indirectly
second hand
adverb(sec-ond-hand)
as a secondhand item
second hand
noun(sec-ond-hand)
an intermediate person or means : intermediary —usually used in the phrase at second hand
second hand
noun(sec-ond-hand)
the hand marking seconds on a timepiece
second hand
noun(sec-ond-hand)
tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby
second hand
noun(sec-ond-hand)
a hand marking seconds on a timepiece mounted concentrically with the other hands and read from the same dial as the minute hand

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