Synonyms for second hand
ˈsɛk ənd ˌhænd for 1 ; ˈsɛk ənd ˈhænd for 2,3sec·ond hand

Princeton's WordNet

1. second handnoun

   an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'

   "he could learn at second hand from books"

2. second handadverb

   hand marking seconds on a timepiece

3. second handadverb

   from a source of previously owned goods

   "I prefer to buy second hand"

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1. Cyril Connolly:

   A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.

2. The President:

   What we were told second hand was that there wasn't enough time, i know that every second is planned out for the President every day, but three minutes ? Three or four minutes ? I think he could spare that.

3. Willie Walsh:

   We have options on A380s ... but we are not going to exercise them because they are too expensive, we see the option of leasing them second hand as an attractive opportunity.

4. Adiah Laelynn Nadarajah:

   They’re definitely miracles, i had challenging feelings, conflicting feelings, seeing how tiny they were on one hand, feeling the joy of seeing two babies on the second hand. I was thinking, ‘how much pain they are in?’ It was so conflicting. They were so tiny.

5. Preet Bharara:

   I don't see what the privilege is here that prevents him from providing information that is lawfully and appropriately subpoenaed by these three different committees, rudy Giuliani and others in support of the President have gone on television day after day after day saying as the thrust of their argument here that the whistleblower relies on hearsay information, second hand information.