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As if in answer, the pesky refrain bubbled to the surface of her whirling brain, in time to the soft click of the second hand marching ’round the clock face.

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She also said Wolverhampton had numerous second hand uniform banks, based at community centres and churches around the city.

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"They brought in second hand clothes for example, that's normal now, but back then it was seen as absolutely radical to have a shopping department store doing that," he said.

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The salvaged materials are sold to costume designers, ravers, and people in the burlesque industry, who save by buying second hand.

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"When the second hand market becomes more valuable because of rarity, that is problematic because our business is affected."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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