A secondhand report. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Bought a secondhand (or used) car. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : Most of our knowledge is secondhand. ,secondhand clothes. ,a secondhand bookseller. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : He bought it secondhand. ,He heard the news secondhand. From Dictionary.com.
This perspective came secondhand from a Japanese person I was talking to. From Wordnik.com. [ZGeek] Reference
You will find these books, if you find them at all, in secondhand bookshops. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
I went to a new store that deals in secondhand stuff; knick knacks, toys, videos, and of course, books. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov, Foundation and more : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas] Reference
Now long defunct as a commercial proposition, the series is catnip for collectors in secondhand bookshops all over the planet. From Wordnik.com. [No Way, Madame Bovary] Reference
London 30 years ago: I accompanied my then boss there to meet a dealer in secondhand mainframe computer systems and peripherals. From Wordnik.com. [That Policy Exchange report: Is Tim Leunig a closet Marxist?] Reference
The only team that doesn't have at least a 10% boost in secondhand prices for Heat games is the Sacramento Kings, whose seats go up 9%. From Wordnik.com. [When LeBron's in Town, You'll Pay More] Reference
For speeches on poverty, it was time for more compassionate-conservative fervor, drawn secondhand from the addresses of Robert F. Kennedy. From Wordnik.com. [Present at the Creation] Reference
Pamela Monroe, a UCLA linguistics professor, said that people who learn slang secondhand tend to use it incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [AuthorsGuild.org: AuthorsGuild.org Home] Reference
| One instance each of 'secondhand' and 'second-hand' occur in |. From Wordnik.com. [What The Left Hand Was Doing] Reference
This "secondhand" approach to purchasing creates another problem. From Wordnik.com. [National Performance Review Report Chapter] Reference
CHAMPION: And again, so you haven't heard from any of those people, anyone other than kind of secondhand knowledge from Nate, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2004] Reference
When you hear "secondhand" evidence, you may naturally think of the extreme examples, like hearsay and urban legends. From Wordnik.com. [Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com] Reference
The Nationwide wrote to its valuers as long ago as November 2007, asking them to value all new flats as 'secondhand'. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Kabul is awash in secondhand cars brought in from neighboring Iran. From Wordnik.com. [A Violent Wake-Up Call] Reference
That learning came secondhand, from her example, and is not boundless. From Wordnik.com. [MOM ALWAYS MADE ROOM FOR ONE MORE] Reference
As a history lesson (Depression 101), "Cinderella Man" feels a bit secondhand. From Wordnik.com. [AGAINST THE ROPES] Reference
Sales of secondhand cars, televisions and mobile phones have all risen sharply. From Wordnik.com. [Blood and Money] Reference
First World nations need to donate their secondhand items to Third World countries. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Burst of Innovative Global Giving Pays Off] Reference
Ah, and that must be the mad old dealer in secondhand clothes from DavidCopperfield. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Read it Again] Reference
But so, too, may many of the therapists who have experienced those traumas secondhand. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Pitts's one pleasure is reading, but he continued to borrow books or buy them secondhand. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Mind Of A Spy] Reference
She had little Lennon glasses on and all these secondhand books dropping all over the place. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers: Clive Owen, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump, P. Diddy, Arnold Schwarzenegger] Reference
Generations have come into the world with not even secondhand memory of economic depression, or even serious reversals. From Wordnik.com. [When Prudence Was a Virtue] Reference
The retired Army corporal, who turned 107 this month, is all that prevents the first world war from slipping into the secondhand past. From Wordnik.com. [The War We Forgot] Reference
Everything about them -- from their noms de guerre to their baggy apparel to their in-your-face theatrics -- seems slightly secondhand. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Rap In Brazil] Reference
Young people in London, New York, and San Francisco bought Edwardian jackets and vests in secondhand stores and boutiques until about 1969. From Wordnik.com. [What Goes Around Comes Around] Reference
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