secondhand
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Is secondhand a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.Synonyms: used, preloved, pre-owned, hand-me-downnot-comparable
2. (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.not-comparable
3. (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.Examples: "In the light of recent history it is somewhat curious that this decisive power of the professional secondhand dealers in ideas should not yet be more generally recognized."; "What's love got to do, got to do with it? / What's love but a secondhand emotion?"; "So nearly every name comes from a second hand source. The exception to this rule has been the vigilantes themselves. Rube Mathis and Jack Wells, both admitted to participating, and Mathis identified his brother."figurativelynot-comparable
4. (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.Examples: "exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues"not-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary