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Second-hand


SEC'OND-HAND, noun. Possession received from the first possessor.

SEC'OND-HAND, adjective.

1. Not original or primary; received from another.

The have but a second-hand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

2. Not new; that has been used by another; as a second-hand book.