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[ adjective ] received directly from a source

Examples

"firsthand information"

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

He regaled Claire with an account of the mock mass performed by the cassocked bloods , which he had had at firsthand from old Bud_Dodington , one of the leaders of the so-called `` Order '' .

Related terms

primary

2
[ adverb ] at first hand or directly

Examples

"I heard this story firsthand"

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