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second hand definition

second hand

  1. the hand that marks seconds on the face of a watch or clock
  2. an intermediate person or thing: now only in (at) second hand, indirectly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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