I've been told you wear a second-hand Hawaiian shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bone Dust Disco] Reference

But the much larger second-hand market was declining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shareholders fear housebuilders' optimism has shaky foundations] Reference

It's difficult to find decent second-hand navy clothes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something for the weekend: Navy] Reference

Do a background check, especially with second-hand equipment.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 things to do before buying a backpack carrier] Reference

Aha, you say, there is no second-hand dogpooping or Rollerblading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prohibition Redux] Reference

 Do you recommend shopping at thrift stores or buying second-hand toys?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Are pre-owned toys safe?] Reference

One rarely thinks of the earth's ecological system as second-hand goods.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Heymont: Baby, It's Cold Outside!] Reference

Events are reported second-hand, not vetted, and rumor and innuendo abound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Where's the Oil? Here, There, and Everywhere] Reference

This second-hand science is excellent as a means of attracting mediocre minds.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

Budge followed the second-hand of his watch while the coil in the tub grew larger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

What is bought, after all, can always be dropped at the second-hand store for resale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perdition] Reference

He had purchased the tie in a second-hand store inMinneapolisfor fifty cents he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through a Glass Darkly] Reference

They all wondered how the second-hand man had come by them, but they never found out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference

"My favourite quotation is £8 10/- for a second-hand suit," Spike Milligan once said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quotables: Channel 4's latest web project reinvents quotations for the Twitter age] Reference

Most of the furniture in our pad was second-hand, or even third-hand from Mary's family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Songbird] Reference

She could just manage to hold Bert's sleeve and point at the window of the second-hand shop.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference

I should think that Todd Rundgren album I got in a second-hand shop or a charity shop somewhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Chip Finds Magic in the 'Dark'] Reference

Though each is out-of-print in the United States, copies can be had through second-hand sellers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thomas Gladysz: Rare Oscar to a Film Historian... and the Award Goes to Kevin Brownlow] Reference

  He smiles and lays his head on a box of second-hand clothes he plans to give to his four children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indonesians Begin Annual Trek to Celebrate Ramadan's End] Reference

But to find out what the soldiers were thinking, you have to rely on second-hand and third-hand sources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Military Historian Writes Of Wars Past And Present] Reference

He turned on the little light on the nightstand and looked at his watch with the second-hand and counted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beds] Reference

For more information, see our report on toys for toddlers and preschoolers and post on buying second-hand toys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holiday toy shopping hints] Reference

  I walked the long row of cars and tried not to see them, the forgotten Renaissance statues, the second-hand mannequins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Seasons] Reference

GROSS: So what did you find out about bin Laden, bin Laden's formative years from the second-hand interviews with the sister?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journalist Lawrence Wright's 'Trip To Al-Qaeda'] Reference

All he seems to have known of their teachings came from inferior, second-hand reports of a later and already decadent period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man or Matter] Reference

She was staring at something in the jumble of articles in the second-hand shop window, and what she saw seemed to excite Nan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference

Regarding potential solutions to the overall dilemma of where to source a school uniform, polhotpot suggested buying second-hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should I buy the cheapest school uniform?] Reference

We are at present in two rooms and a shed that happened to be unoccupied, and I feel very much as though I was in a second-hand shop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

Among those touting the three Rs of National Sewing Month is designer Betz White, who creates unique items from second-hand materials.    From Wordnik.com.  [During National Sewing Month, make old household items new again] Reference

The thriving trade in online sales of second-hand U.S. military equipment and supplies is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easy Shopping for Terrorists?] Reference

She put on an old apron she found and bought with her own money at a second-hand shop and baked slightly complicated pastries from scratch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple] Reference