second-handed

Adjective

secondhanded (not comparable)

1. Previously owned or used.
   • The clerk studied them. "You could get secondhanded ones for half price," he told Aunt Julina kindly.1949, Mattie Virginia Harris, Weddin' Trimmin's, page 58
2. Dealing in used goods.
   • You know, they had these secondhanded stores. Dad went to get me a pair of knee pants, but they'd been here too long!1976, Eliot Wigginton, I wish I could give my son a wild raccoon, →ISBN, page 358
3. Indirect.
   • We "speak of the things that we have seen," and not as one who offers secondhanded reports.1855, Horatio Gates Jameson, A Treatise on epidemic cholera, page 198
4. Ersatz.
   • The common error in most architectural schools is that basic design is taught at an abstract level using contemporary artists as examples to go by. This secondhanded process usually produces little Mondrians, Bauers, Gabos, Moores or, if the faculty member has enough to offer, little duplications...1951, Student Publications, The School of Design NC State College - Volumes 1-2, page li

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