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Thesaurus: secondhand

Not original or primary; received from another.

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  1. a. Not original or primary; received from another.
  2. a. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
  3. adj. derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
  4. adj. previously used or owned by another
  5. adv. by indirect means
  6. 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.
  7. s. derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand s. previously used or owned by another r. by indirect means