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Adjective: hand-me-down  'hand-mee,dawn
  1. Passed on from one person to another
    "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes";
    - hand-down
Noun: hand-me-down  'hand-mee,dawn
  1. Outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
    "He wore his older brother's hand-me-downs"

Derived forms: hand-me-downs

See also: old

Type of: garment

Encyclopedia: Hand-me-down