Firsthand (sometimes first hand or first-hand) means obtained directly from the

primary source In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under ...

. The phrase may also refer to: * ''First Hand'' (album), the debut album released by Steven Curtis Chapman * ''Firsthand'' (TV series), a 2015 documentary series by Canadian network CBC * First hand (card player), the player next to the dealer who starts the bidding or play in a card game.

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