SECONDHAND
ADJECTIVES
1682 • SECOND-HANDED second-hand → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1861 • REACH-ME-DOWN cast-off, second-hand
1881 • HAND-ME-DOWN not original; second-hand
1937 • GENTLY USED second-hand but in good condition, having been treated with care or rarely used → chiefly US
1970 • GENTLY WORN of clothing, shoes, etc.: second-hand but in good condition, having been treated with care or rarely worn → chiefly US
1972 • PRE-LOVED second-hand → euphemism
2003 • OXY having a second-hand or dated appearance; impoverished-looking → UK sl.
NOUNS
1597 • BROKERY second-hand goods, esp. clothes → obs.
1612 • BROKAGE the trade of dealing in second-hand goods and clothing → obs.
1832 • REACH-ME-DOWNS second-hand or ready-made clothes
1835 • HAND-ME-DOWN a second-hand garment
1851 • TRANSLATORS second-hand, repaired clothes or shoes → sl.
1886 • RABAIS inexpensive articles, secondhand goods → Amer. dial.
1891 • JUNKWARE old or discarded items or materials as a commodity that may be bought and sold; second-hand goods
1905 • THANK-YOU-SIR a secondhand article of clothing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 • ABRAHAM a cheap clothier’s; a secondhand store → sl. (Bk.)
1917 • RABAIS SHOP a small shop selling cheap or secondhand goods → Amer. dial.
1930 • POLICE CLOTHES free secondhand clothes distributed to the poor by the police → Irish sl.
1939 • CUT-ME-DOWN a hand-me-down garment altered for a younger or smaller person → Amer. dial.
1950 • LALLA SHOP a small shop dealing in cheap miscellany, and secondhand wares and clothing, generally thought to be disreputable and catering to a low grade patronage → Amer. dial.
1965 • PASS-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing → Amer. dial.
………. • PASS-ME-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing → Amer. dial.
………. • PASS-ME-ON a piece of secondhand clothing → Amer. dial.
………. • PASS-ON a piece of secondhand clothing → Amer. dial.
1966 • TAG SALE a sale of second-hand items which are marked with prices → US
1967 • CUT-DOWN a hand-me-down garment altered for a younger or smaller person → Amer. dial.
1976 • OP SHOP a secondhand clothes shop → Aust. & NZ sl.
1980 • VINNIES • VINNY’S the Society of St. Vincent de Paul; hence, their second-hand clothes shops → Aust. & NZ sl.
1990 • MITUMBA second-hand clothing, esp. that donated by aid agencies → eastern central Africa
NOUNS, PERSON
1333 • UPHOLDER a dealer in small wares or second-hand articles → obs.
1767 • OLD-CLOTHES MAN a dealer in old or second-hand clothes
1583 • BROKER a dealer in second-hand furniture and clothing, esp. one who receives stolen goods to sell
1824 • WARDROBE DEALER a dealer in second-hand clothes
1840 • BOUQUINIST a dealer in second-hand books of little value
1842 • CLOTHES-MAN a dealer in cast-off or second-hand clothes
1968 • JUNKER a person who enjoys browsing or buying old or second-hand items in junk shops, etc.
VERBS
1908 • STRIP A PEG to buy second-hand or ready-made clothes → sl.
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