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seconds (n.)
c. 1600, "articles below the first quality," plural of second (n.) in the sense of "that which is after the first" (fingers, sons, Commandments, etc., early 14c.), from second (adj.). First attested in this sense in a Shakespeare sonnet. Meaning "second helping of food at a meal" is recorded from 1792.
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Dictionary entries near seconds
second-guess
second-hand
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