third handn.

Forms: Also third-hand.

Etymology: third adj. 1 and hand n. 25a(a), after second hand n.

1. In adverbial phrase at (†the) third hand: from a second middleman or intermediary; at the second remove from the original source.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > through intermediate means

at (the) third hand1553

by way of1560

by second hand1721

1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 141 Na maner of gudis can be had nor coft bot at the thrid hand.

a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 67 We have it at the third hand.

1895 in Bookman Oct. 23/1 The illustrations..were reproduced from inferior German copies at third-hand.

a. attributive or as adj. Obtained, copied, or imitated from a second-hand source; further away from the original source, and so more stale, less authoritative, etc., than the second-hand.

ΘΚΠ

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

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D4 Laboring with third-hand iests, and Apish skips.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xiv. 348 The second-hand and third-hand text-books.

1866 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 521 Resting on mere second-hand, nay, often third-hand information.

b. third-hand dealer, one who deals in third-hand articles.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods

upholder1333

upholster1411

broker1583

junkman1838

third-hand dealer1863

junker1889

junkie1902

1863 G. O. Trevelyan Lett. from Competition Wallah v, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 425/1 Cheated in the purchase of his first buggy by a third-hand dealer in Calcutta.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	third hand
释义	third handn. Forms: Also third-hand. Etymology: third adj. 1 and hand n. 25a(a), after second hand n. 1. In adverbial phrase at (†the) third hand: from a second middleman or intermediary; at the second remove from the original source. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > through intermediate means at (the) third hand1553 by way of1560 by second hand1721 1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 141 Na maner of gudis can be had nor coft bot at the thrid hand. a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 67 We have it at the third hand. 1895 in Bookman Oct. 23/1 The illustrations..were reproduced from inferior German copies at third-hand. 2. a. attributive or as adj. Obtained, copied, or imitated from a second-hand source; further away from the original source, and so more stale, less authoritative, etc., than the second-hand. ΘΚΠ 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 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D4 Laboring with third-hand iests, and Apish skips. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xiv. 348 The second-hand and third-hand text-books. 1866 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 521 Resting on mere second-hand, nay, often third-hand information. b. third-hand dealer, one who deals in third-hand articles. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods upholder1333 upholster1411 broker1583 junkman1838 third-hand dealer1863 junker1889 junkie1902 1863 G. O. Trevelyan Lett. from Competition Wallah v, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 425/1 Cheated in the purchase of his first buggy by a third-hand dealer in Calcutta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1553
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