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second hand

from another person or source, not directly from personal experience or observation. I wasn't present at the meeting. I heard about it at second hand. Frank tells stories about the Gulf War, but he got them second hand. He wasn't actually in the desert with the troops.

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In this way, he had acquired much knowledge of the trade at second hand, and of the various tribes, and the interior country over which it extended. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Franklin was welcome to THAT-- but for forcing me to tell her foolish story at second hand. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context			sea legs seal seal a bargain seal fate seal of approval seal off from sealed sealed with a kiss seam seam with seamy side of life search search after search for search high and low Search me Search me! search out search through season season with seat secede from second second best second hand second nature to second thoughts second to none second-guess secret secure secure against security security against seduce from see see a man about a dog see about see across see after see against see ahead see around see as see back see beyond see double see down to see eye to eye see fit			Second Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System Second Generation Financial Sector Reform Second Generation FLIR Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared Program Second Generation Landcare Grants second generation language second generation language Second Generation Modem Second generation Network Control Point Second Generation Non Turbo Second Generation Patrol Vessel Second Generation Precipitation Radar Second Generation Tank Sight Second generation wavelet transform Second German Antarctic Expedition Second girl Second Global Conference on Economic Geography Second Great Rectification Movement Second Great War Second Great War Second Great War Second Green identity second growth second growth Second Guinean Franc Second Guinean Franc Second Gulf War second half second half second hand Second Hand Building Centre Second Hand Modellbahn Versand Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second Hand Smoke (album) Second hand smoking Second hand smoking Second hand smoking Second hand store second hands second hands Second Harmonic Distortion Second harmonic generation Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy Second Harvest Food Bank Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Second Harvest Heartland Second Heart second heart sound Second Heartbeat Wave Second Highest Level of Division I College Athletics Second home Second Home Market Index Second Iceland Krona Second Iceland Krona second impact syndrome second impact syndrome second impact syndrome

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