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Meanings of secondhand in English

Previously used or owned by another.

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Previously owned and used by another.

Secondhand.

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Usage of secondhand in English
1
Sales of digital games and secondhand products were strong, the company said.
The Guardian
2
I can't afford really good furniture, so it's all secondhand, but comfortable.
Dead beat
3
These living arrangements are also associated with lower levels of secondhand effects.
Pubmed
4
But the point is that we don't really run a secondhand bookstore.
The new yorker
5
There was a slight decrease in the number of secondhand cars registered.
The Irish Times
6
To this day almost every secondhand bookshop in Britain will have one.
The Guardian
7
We went on to the commercial shops where secondhand goods are sold.
A Russian Journal
8
Even a secondhand warning would be better than no warning at all.
Club dead
9
The stove was a secondhand one and good only for scrap-iron anyway.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 / Little J...
10
I think I got a secondhand pot buzz from the roadie earlier.
Guns will keep us together
11
If you can't reach it yourself, you'd better not get it secondhand.
The Demolished Man
12
He had a secondhand coat, but no sign of waistcoat or neckcloth.
Poe
13
They swallowed secondhand and thirdhand hearsay that conformed to the president's plans.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
14
Honestly, I look like a wobbly, bike-curious dope in a secondhand helmet.
Wired
15
She had acquired information concerning Mr. Scales, at secondhand, from Lawyer Pratt.
The Old Wives' Tale
16
I took my secondhand Peugeot 205 and a boyfriend and headed east.
The Guardian
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common