second hand
An intermediate person or meansAn intermediate person or means; intermediary.
» Do you sell second-hand computers?
Verkaufen Sie gebrauchte Computer?
Verkauft ihr gebrauchte Computer?
Verkaufst du gebrauchte Computer?
Meaning
2 sensesAn intermediate person or means; intermediary.
an intermediate person; used in the phrase ‘at second hand’
On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
Sekundenzeiger
секу́ндная стре́лкаsekúndnaja strélka
секу́ндна стрі́лкаsekúndna strílka
hand marking seconds on a timepiece
Examples
55 sentencesDo you sell second-hand computers?
deVerkaufen Sie gebrauchte Computer?
Tom bought his truck second hand.
Tom bought a second-hand truck.
I'd recommend not buying a second-hand computer.
We could save a lot of money by buying second-hand furniture.
Translations
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Origin
second (ordinal) + hand (“party”) second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”)second (ordinal) + hand (“party”)
second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”)
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