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hand-me-down
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hand-me-down has 1 sense
- hand-me-down(n = noun.artifact) Array - outgrown garment passed down from one person to another; Array is a kind of garment
Derived form adjective hand-me-down1
Adjective hand-me-down has 1 sense
- hand-me-down(s = adj.all) hand-down - passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes" Derived form noun hand-me-down1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hand-me-down, adj.
obtained or used after prior use by another person.
"the term hand-me-down is often used of clothing previously worn by older family members. The term may also be used metaphorically of ideas."
[WordNet 1.5]
hand-me-down, n.
An outgrown garment given to one person after use by another; -- usually transferred between members of a family or close friends; as, because she was the youngest of four girls, the clothes she wore were always hand-me-downs. [WordNet 1.5]
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