Meaning

2 senses
  1. An item that is passed along for someone else to use.

  2. (especially)A piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.

    поде́ржанная вещьpodéržannaja veščʹ

    outgrown garment passed down from one person to another

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a piece of clothing that is passed along for a younger sibling to use:

Origin

See hand down and me.

See hand down and me.

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Forms

plural: hand-me-downs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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