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first-hand

Adjective

obtained directly from the original source

Adverb

1. directly from the original source

2. at first hand directly

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first-hand

adjective direct, personal, immediate, face-to-face, straight from the horse's mouth >> at first hand directly, personally, immediately, face-to-face, straight from the horse's mouth

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first-hand [fəːstˈhænd] adj → de primera mano

first-hand [ˈfəːstˈhænd] first adj → de première main

first-hand [ˈfəːstˈhænd] first adj → aus erster Hand

first-hand [ˈfəːstˈhænd] adj → di prima mano; diretto/a

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For instance, there was the falling-through-space dream--the commonest dream experience, one practically known, by first-hand experience, to all men.

Before Adam by London, Jack View in context

With one member trimming beef in a cannery, and another working in a sausage factory, the family had a first-hand knowledge of the great majority of Packingtown swindles.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

Being in London for a short time on affairs connected with--ha--my estate, and hearing of this strange disappearance, I wished to make myself acquainted with the circumstances at first-hand, because there is--ha hum--an English gentleman in Italy whom I shall no doubt see on my return, who has been in habits of close and daily intimacy with Monsieur Blandois.

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