Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Second hand and old are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Second hand" with "Old", this terms are similar.
Second hand
Second hand noun - Hand marking seconds on a timepiece.
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Old and second hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective phrase "Second hand".
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His original counterpart in the British version, David Brent, was also like this, due to a similar over-reliance on second hand humor from old comedy shows and a general lack of wit.
Source: Cannot Tell a Joke -
Nowadays, it looks downright quaint, and makes the car look like a 20 year old model that Akio got second hand.
Source: Technology Marches On -
Luke, I Am Your Father: Two major characters have a paternal reveal, in both cases second hand: Emperor Reizei discovers from an old priest that he is the product of an incestuous affair between Genji and Fujitsubo.
Source: Literature / The Tale of Genji
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