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əndˈhænd adjective
1.
not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
2.
previously used or owned: secondhand clothes.
3.
dealing in previously used goods: a secondhand bookseller.
adverb
4.
after another user or owner: He bought it secondhand.
5.
indirectly; at second hand: He heard the news secondhand.
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Secondhand
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| secondhand | |
adjective | |
| 1. | derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand" |
| 2. | previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" |
adverb | |
| 1. | by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand" |
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Example sentences
Some are doing it voluntarily, as public awareness about the health dangers of secondhand smoke grows.
In the absence of facts, a body of legend has grown, punctuated by secondhand and thirdhand accounts of varying accuracy.
Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers.
In the world's hiking epicenters, you'll likely find excellent secondhand equipment markets, with incredible prices.
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