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hand-me-down

Definition

  • adjective: owned or used by someone else before you
  • adjective: put in use by one person or group after being used, discarded, or handed down by another
  • used especially of clothing
  • synonyms: secondhand, hand-down, used

Examples

  • He has some old-fashioned, 'hand-me-down' notions about the role of women.

  • Her closet was full of 'hand-me-downs' from her older sisters.

  • He was wearing an old, 'hand-me-down' jacket.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I had said you can quit anytime. But I take it back. Call me when you get to the finish line. Love and kisses, Aimee. As it were your own It's a hand-me-down The thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better Left unsung I don't know I don't really care (..)
    2014 Wild