hand-me-down

Example Sentences

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Sisters on either side, living in the hand-me-down boots and jackets of his older brothers, a stairstep in the parade of Dannenbergs tripping off to church on Sunday mornings in height-descending order.

From Literature

It’s a Celia hand-me-down, and one of the straps keeps sliding off my shoulder.

From Literature

"Conversely, when brides were familiar with the story of the dress, like with a hand-me-down, they were far more positive about it and treated it more like treasure than a cursed item."

From BBC

She hadn’t showered in two days, her hair was a frizzy mess, and she was wearing hand-me-down clothes that were five sizes too big.

From Literature

One that isn’t a hand-me-down from my weird cousin in Des Moines.

From Literature