Second-hand

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of secondhand. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Her youth had passed in intrigues and vanities, and she still lived among them at second-hand: she now talked what she formerly did."

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"Wearing second-hand clothes is now popular among young people."

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second-hander

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