Old and Second hand

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.

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

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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  • Cannot Tell a Joke 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.
  • Technology Marches On Nowadays, it looks downright quaint, and makes the car look like a 20 year old model that Akio got second hand.
  • Literature / The Tale of Genji 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.
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