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. D. H. Lawrence:

   It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.

2. Craig Parker:

   It will largely depend on how successful the African governments are in limiting the amounts of second-hand imports and how price-competitive new vehicles can be with their tariffs.

3. Preet Bharara:

   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.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   When Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus comes to whether someone qualifies as a whistleblower, the distinctions being drawn between first - and second-hand knowledge aren't legal ones, senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus's just not part of whistleblower protection law or any agency policy. Complaints based on second-hand information should not be rejected out of hand, but they do require additional leg work to get at the facts and evaluate the claim's credibility.

5. Bertrand Grabowski:

   I think we know well that the A380 market is untested when it comes to second-hand aircraft, what we do know is that the order book of the A380 is weak and ... that some current users wish to sell their existing planes. On top of that situation, where everyone knows that in 2017 or the year after some aircraft are coming back to the market, you have the recipe for a correction in terms of lease pricing.