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second-hand

UK/ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/US/ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/
adjectiveB1neutral

Second-hand means owned by somebody else before you. A second-hand car, buy it second-hand, second-hand clothes.

It also means received from another person rather than witnessed, so second-hand information is hearsay. Second-hand smoke is the smoke breathed by everybody who is not smoking, and it is what smoking bans were built on.

The original uploader was Jimmyjazz at English Wikipedia. · Public domain

Definitions of second-hand

  1. 1adjectivesecond-handOwned by somebody else before you.B1

    “We couldn't afford a new sofa, so we bought a second-hand one online.”

second-hand is a quality.

Also accepted in games: secondhand

Where it comes from

secondhand comes from second + hand.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Clothes & Fashion, Everyday Adjectives

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