"thirdhand" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "third + hand",
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      "form": "more thirdhand",
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      "form": "most thirdhand",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1983 August 13, Michael Ross, “Our Common Bond: Gay Men in East Germany”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 18",
          "text": "Considering that we had heard of one another in a rather third-hand manner, I was surprised at the warmth and energy with which he received me.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 2, The New York Times, “Talks May End Mugabe’s Rule in Zimbabwe”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Harare, the capital, was abuzz on Tuesday with such so-called insider accounts, each one undoubtedly taking new plot twists as they went from secondhand to thirdhand and further on.",
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        "Having been relayed by two intermediate sources."
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      "glosses": [
        "Having had two previous owners."
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ænd"
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  "word": "thirdhand"
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        "By two intermediates."
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        {
          "word": "firsthand"
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    {
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  "word": "thirdhand"
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