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See also: second hand, and secondhand

English

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second-hand (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of secondhand
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gossipping”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 93:
      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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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English second-hand. Compare Russian сѐконд-хе́нд (sèkond-xénd).

Adjective

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second-hand m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. second-hand

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Noun

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second-hand n (uncountable)

  1. second-hand

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