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[ hand-mee-doun, han- ] / ˈhænd miˌdaʊn, ˈhæn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hand-me-down ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan 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. any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs. adjectivepassed along for further use by others: some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother. borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative: a street full of hand-me-down architecture. Origin of hand-me-downFirst recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby hand-me-downhandloom, handloomed, handmade, handmaid, handmaiden, hand-me-down, hand-me-up, hand mower, hand-off, hand of writ, hand on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hand-me-downThe heaps of gifted and hand-me-down pink frilly clothes and accessories grew far faster than we were able to sort and store them. Why I Finally Let My Girls Be Girly|Andy Hinds|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST You might not have been so cheap this year and accepted a hand-me-down (I mean ALL they want is the candy anyhow). Ding Dong, You Have Lice|Kent Sepkowitz|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST For decades, collar-buttons have been on the hand-me-down shelves of humor; it is a mistake in the catalogue. Seventeen|Booth Tarkington You're so bloody sane and smug you with your secondhand suit and hand-me-down knowledge! The Short Life|Francis Donovan
The Socialist cook exchanged his greasy dungarees for a pair of hand-me-down creaseless serge pants. The Flying Bo'sun|Arthur Mason That's the flat truth, and I'd like to shake your Jake Kasker out of his suit of hand-me-down clothing. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls|Edith Van Dyne (AKA L. Frank Baum) These hand-me-down religions seldom fit, and professional theology, it seems to me, is mostly a dealing in ol' clo'. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for hand-me-down
noun informal- something, esp an outgrown garment, passed down from one person to another
- (as modifier)a hand-me-down dress
- anything that has already been used by another
- (as modifier)hand-me-down ideas
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hand-me-downsecondhand, used, worn, reach-me-down |