2syllables
second-hand
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Definitions ofsecond-hand
1adjective
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
Synonyms: "hand-me-down", "pre-owned", used
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
Example: "exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues"
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