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thirdhand

[ thurd-hand ]

adjective

  1. previously used or owned by two successive people.
  2. (loosely) secondhand, especially in poor condition.
  3. obtained through two intermediates successively; twice removed from the original source.

adverb

  1. after two other users or owners:

    He bought the guitar thirdhand.

  2. by way of several intermediate sources; indirectly.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thirdhand1

First recorded in 1545–55; third + hand

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Example Sentences

All the witnesses could offer were thirdhand accounts or deathbed confessions that came decades after the fact.

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