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hand-me-down    Audio Help   [hand-mee-doun, han-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.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.
2.any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs.
–adjective
3.passed along for further use by others: some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother.
4.borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative: a street full of hand-me-down architecture.
[Origin: 1870–75]
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