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Definition of Thirdhand

1. Adjective. Derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps. "A thirdhand report"

2. Adverb. By doubly indirect means. "I got the news thirdhand"

Definition of Thirdhand

1. Adjective. Having been relayed by two intermediate sources. ¹

2. Adjective. Having had two previous owners. ¹

3. Adverb. By two intermediates. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thirdhand

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirdhand

third tonsil third trimester third trochanter third umpire third umpires third ventricle third ventriculostomy third wheel third wheels thirdborn

thirdborns thirdborough thirdboroughs thirde thirded thirdhand (current term) thirding thirdings thirdly thirdness

thirds thirdy thirl thirlage thirlages thirled thirling thirls thirst thirst fever

Literary usage of Thirdhand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"In other cases, the information provided is second or thirdhand, having been passed through a friend or relative after the principal had died. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1901)
"Its name was mentioned from secondhand, or rather thirdhand, information by Bellew in 1862, and it is evident that his informant was not quite clear about ..."

3. The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"... was not exclusively secondhand (or even thirdhand), acquired solely through the intermediating agency of cultural and ..."

4. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"Proud Trebius lives, for all his princely gait, On thirdhand suits and scrapings of the plate. 60 Titius knew not where to shroud his head, Until he did a ..."

5. Keltic Researches: Studies in the History and Distribution of the Ancient by Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1904)
"... lost register of St. Andrew's (which is not the one printed by the Bannatyne Club, but has been missing since 1660). It is in fact a thirdhand document. ..."

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