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Adjective
- previously used or owned by another
- bought a secondhand (or used) car
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- a secondhand account of a memory of something once read
- most of our knowledge is secondhand
Adverb
- by indirect means
- I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand
- he prefers to buy secondhand