"at second hand" meaning in English

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        "head": "at second hand"
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      "expansion": "at second hand",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay."
      ],
      "id": "en-at_second_hand-en-prep_phrase-1Scsf4sa",
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        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ],
        [
          "hearsay",
          "hearsay"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "firsthand"
        },
        {
          "word": "hearsay"
        },
        {
          "word": "horse's mouth"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "indirectly"
        }
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ænd"
    }
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  "word": "at second hand"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "firsthand"
    },
    {
      "word": "hearsay"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse's mouth"
    }
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        "Rhymes:English/ænd/4 syllables"
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          "ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay."
      ],
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        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ],
        [
          "hearsay",
          "hearsay"
        ]
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    {
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    {
      "word": "indirectly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at second hand"
}