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单词 second-handed
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second-handedadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: second adj., handed adj.
Etymology: < second adj. + handed adj. Compare earlier second hand adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: second-ˈhanded.
Now chiefly dialect.
= second hand adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > not original or derivative
secondary1398
borrowed1571
third hand1598
denominative1624
second hand1654
second-handed1682
of second hand1708
unoriginal1749
uninventive1776
unoriginative1845
uncreative1855
hand-me-down1881
reach-me-down1907
cookie cutter1922
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > re-used > second-, etc., hand
fourth-hand1598
second hand1673
repossesseda1678
second-handed1682
third hand1862
used1874
resale1929
pre-owned1934
pre-loved1972
1682 in J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1913) II. let. ccxlvii For a second handed gown, 14s. 6d.
1708 Brit. Apollo 4–6 Aug. We..you implore, To send no more, A Second-handed Query.
1784 W. Cowper Let. 10 Oct. (1981) II. 285 My descriptions are all from Nature. Not one of them second-handed.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 73 He sets about purchasing a houseful of trash—second-handed chairs [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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