fifthhand

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English

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Etymology

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fifth +‎ hand

Adjective

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fifthhand (not comparable)

  1. Having been relayed by four intermediate sources.
  2. Having had four previous owners.
    • 2002 March 1, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill[1]:
      It was secondhand‹make that fourth- or fifthhand. This was from an era before any kind of copyright, when librettists were almost expected to steal from other works.