second-ˈhanded, a. Now chiefly dial.
= second-hand a.
| 1682 in Flemings in Oxford (O.H.S.) II. let. ccxlvii, For a second handed gown, 14s. 6d. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 51. 3/1 We..you implore, To send no more, A Second-handed Query. 1784 Cowper Let. to Unwin Wks. 1836 V. 87 My descriptions are all from nature: not one of them second-handed. 1842 J. Aiton Dom. Econ. (1857) 73 He sets about purchasing a houseful of trash—second-handed chairs [etc.]. |