A thirdhand report. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I got the news thirdhand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : He bought the guitar thirdhand. From Dictionary.com.
(I realize this is thirdhand for anyone reading this.). From Wordnik.com. [McCain Camp Hits Obama Over Iranian President's Scheduled Visit To New York] Reference
I mean, we only know these stories secondhand, thirdhand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2006] Reference
But the second in comma -- I'm told -- this is only thirdhand. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story] Reference
The CIA decided it was willing to accept these thirdhand reports. From Wordnik.com. [State of War] Reference
Or so I heard at the time, thirdhand, by one of the movie's stars. From Wordnik.com. [West of Java] Reference
Firsthand, secondhand, thirdhand—all hands off those cigarettes!. From Wordnik.com. [You Raising Your Child] Reference
You hear about fantastic networking opportunities second - or thirdhand. From Wordnik.com. [Riding In Style] Reference
I don't know that I can rely necessarily on second or thirdhand reports. From Wordnik.com. [George Stephanopoulos Press Briefing] Reference
If you're not in a country, you don't know much about it, and you get it thirdhand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2006] Reference
There can be lots of second and thirdhand sources but only Bill is the firsthand source. From Wordnik.com. [Gerth/Van Natta Publisher Promoting Disputed Point As Book's Top Revelation] Reference
He took the outside steps down, went around the back where he chained up his thirdhand bike. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
"Tell him Sheikh Abdul Jerada has been killed," wasn't something he should have got thirdhand. From Wordnik.com. [From This Beloved Hour]
Franklin had confided that MacCorkle had purchased all the furniture thirdhand from a printer's shop. From Wordnik.com. [Come The Spring]
How many people would we quote thirdhand in the newspaper unless we got those quotes confirmed from the source?. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Post] Reference
Both had mangy and tattered coats, threadbare like thirdhand clothing; they looked diseased, and probably were. From Wordnik.com. [In This Way I Was Saved] Reference
O'BRIEN: Well, and it's worth pointing out in that affidavit, which is what it is, that it's thirdhand information. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2003] Reference
Even thirdhand, the creeping, poisonous web Maelgrim cast over his victims 'minds made the spirit curdle in despair. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
I am hearing this thirdhand and I don't watch television normally so I don't know precisely how correct this info is. From Wordnik.com. [01/23/2005 - 01/30/2005] Reference
Inspired by thirdhand accounts of human piston engines, some local genius had adapted the principle to yachi-drawn transportation. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
It also seems to be in our nature to form strong opinions on stuff we have no personal knowledge of, only second or thirdhand knowledge. From Wordnik.com. ["that crazy woman" meets the cbc] Reference
I'd forgotten about the thirdhand BS they were spouting for a while. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
They rely entirely on secondhand and thirdhand evidence for their wild assertions. From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia NL Features] Reference
Instead, she had to learn thirdhand that the law she had been fighting was now in effect. From Wordnik.com. [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference
If any of you are the manic leg of the lepidomelane that i am and are oviparous to comic araujia, etc thirdhand let me or lwo mindset. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
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