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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word third hand:

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  1. third-hand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Third-Hand, Third-hand, third-hand: Wordnik
  3. third hand: Wiktionary
  4. The Third Hand (film), The Third Hand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. third hand: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (third hand)

noun:  A tool used to squeeze caliper brakes against the rim of a wheel, as on a bicycle, thereby allowing adjustments to the brake cable.
noun:  A source two steps removed from direct communication.
adjective:  Having been relayed by two intermediate sources.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Not new, having more than one previous owner.

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