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hand-me-down
[hand-mee-doun, han-]
noun
an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc..
The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
any item not new that is or can be used again.
Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs.
adjective
passed along for further use by others.
some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother.
borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative.
a street full of hand-me-down architecture.
hand-me-down
noun
something, esp an outgrown garment, passed down from one person to another
( as modifier )
a hand-me-down dress
anything that has already been used by another
( as modifier )
hand-me-down ideas
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hand-me-down1
Example Sentences
I grew up wearing my older brother’s and older sister’s hand-me-down clothes.
Her queen-size bed is a hand-me-down from a friend.
Expensive cars and designer clothes weren’t an option; when he learned to drive he was pushing the family’s hand-me-down Acura.
Yet budget is also a factor; teen drivers often end up with a hand-me-down vehicle or a used vehicle.
The warehouse has also seen fewer of the startups that used to buy a lot of the city’s hand-me-down office furniture, perhaps due to the current economic uncertainty.
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