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hand-me-down

Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior userUsed or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.

Meaning

1 senses

(not comparable)Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.

More definitions

passed on from one person to another

Origin

See hand down and me.

See hand down and me.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

passed on from one person to another:hand-down

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

hamstring handA1 handbagA2 handbags

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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