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See definition of hand me down on Dictionary.com
  • as insecondhand
  • as inused
  • as inhand-me-down
  • as inclothing
  • as inhandsel
  • as inclothes/clothing
  • as ingift

synonyms for hand me down

  • hand-me-down
  • handed-down
  • not new
  • old
  • pre-owned
  • previously owned
  • unnew
  • recycled
  • worn
  • hand-me-down
  • nearly new
  • not new
  • passed down
  • pre-owned
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On this page you'll find 211 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hand me down, such as: handed-down, hand-me-down, not new, old, pre-owned, and previously owned.
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How to use hand me down in a sentence

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 12ELBERT HUBBARD
For decades, collar-buttons have been on the hand-me-down shelves of humor; it is a mistake in the catalogue.
SEVENTEENBOOTH TARKINGTON
Because the hand-me-down knowledge is no longer backed by the mental capacity of a Challon.
THE SHORT LIFEFRANCIS DONOVAN
You mean that clodhopper with the tight-fitting hand-me-down in the seat behind usyesterday?
THE RANCHMANCHARLES ALDEN SELTZER
Glass was a mild, colourless, middle-aged man, attired in worn hand-me-down garments.
DESERT CONQUESTA. M. CHISHOLM
It has none of the fresh, "hand-me-down" regularity of the American, nor the sober coziness of the English, village.
THE PACIFIC TRIANGLESYDNEY GREENBIE
Common workman going and getting fresh with a fifth of a million dollars all walking around in a hand-me-down fur coat!
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWIS
The ten-dollar "hand-me-down" suit had faded overnight, and when Charles appeared it was a sad sight.
CHARLES FROHMAN: MANAGER AND MANISAAC FREDERICK MARCOSSON AND DANIEL FROHMAN
This hand-me-down outfit was very becoming to dark-eyed Bettie, but then, Bettie was pretty in anything.
THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIECARROLL WATSON RANKIN
Couldn't you change your peacock raiment for a hand-me-down without coming to Wheeling?
UNCLE SAM DETECTIVEWILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
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