second-hand

A form of secondhand — Not new; previously owned and used by another.

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Meanings

adjectivesecond-hand (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of secondhand.

    Her youth had passed in intrigues and vanities, and she still lived among them at second-hand: she now talked what she formerly did.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gossipping”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 93

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APA

second-hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second-hand

MLA

“second-hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second-hand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “second-hand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second-hand.

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