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hand-me-down

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1. hand-me-down - Noun

2. hand-me-down - Adjective

3. hand-me-down - Verb

4. hand-me-down - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

passed on from one person to another

outgrown garment passed down from one person to another

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Mylife might be little and boring, but at least it's mine - not some assembly-line, secondhand, hand-me-down life. Chuck Palahniuk

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes. Buck Owens

It seems that you live in someone else's dream In a hand-me-down wedding dress With the things that could have been are repressed But you said your vows and you closed the door On so many men who would have loved you more. Ben Gibbard

not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes Source: Internet

Furthermore, the women were only supplied with hand-me-down uniforms, over-sized shoes and rudimentary tools — but most significantly, these planes went up into the air without parachutes for the pilot and navigator. Source: Internet

The great wall in the island scenes was a hand-me-down from DeMille 's The King of Kings (1927) and dressed up with massive gates, a gong, and primitive carvings. Source: Internet

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