Pronunciations (3)
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/ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/
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/ˈsɛkənd ˌhænd/
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ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd
Noun
An intermediate person or means; intermediary.
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“My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.
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Under certain circumstances there is always a danger in a young man's playing the benefactor towards the other sex, in his own person. A thousand times better do it by a second hand — engage the services of some kind aunt or female cousin.
Noun
On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
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... the ticking of a second hand. Tick, tick, tick. The clock. Jude wrenched himself free of his gift's trance, surprised that there wasn't a tearing sound when his hand came free of the doubloon. The visions fell away, and he felt his ...
Noun
an intermediate person; used in the phrase ‘at second hand’
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he could learn at second hand from books
hand marking seconds on a timepiece
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Adverb
from a source of previously owned goods
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I prefer to buy second hand