thirdhand
[thurd-hand]
- previously used or owned by two successive people.
- (loosely) secondhand, especially in poor condition.
- obtained through two intermediates successively; twice removed from the original source.
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- after two other users or owners: He bought the guitar thirdhand.
- by way of several intermediate sources; indirectly.
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Origin of thirdhand
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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Contemporary Examples
All the witnesses could offer were thirdhand accounts or deathbed confessions that came decades after the fact.
