hand-me-down
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miˌdaʊn, ˈhæn- 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
1870–75
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| hand-me-down | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. something, esp an outgrown garment, passed down from one person to another |
| b. (as modifier): a hand-me-down dress | |
| 2. | a. anything that has already been used by another |
| b. (as modifier): hand-me-down ideas | |
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Example sentences
He concluded that this circuit is an shared evolutionary hand-me-down from our last common ancestor.
Work relief sewing rooms renovated hand-me-down clothing.
Maybe not your hand-me-down high-school jalopy, but that first new vehicle you bought.
She would transform hand-me-down clothes given to us into good, wearable garments.
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