"pre-owned"

[Fred Shapiro]

Here's a still earlier citation for "pre-owned" (OED 1964):

1956 Donald J. Lloyd _American English in Its Cultural Setting_ 517
Pre-owned televisions can be purchased.

Fred Shapiro


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