From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishevery second year/person/thing etcevery second year/person/thing etcHMN a) the second, then the fourth, then the sixth year etc The nurse comes every second day. b) used to emphasize that, in a group of similar things, there is too much of one particular thing Every second house seemed to be boarded up. → second
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every second year/person/thing etc• Dalziel was well known, hailing and being hailed by nearly every second person they passed, it seemed to Pascoe. 