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View definitions for hand-me-down

hand-me-down

adjective as in previously owned

adjective as in secondhand

adjective as in used

adjective as in hand-me-down

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The heaps of gifted and hand-me-down pink frilly clothes and accessories grew far faster than we were able to sort and store them.

You might not have been so cheap this year and accepted a hand-me-down (I mean ALL they want is the candy anyhow).

So back to the issue at hand—is there a reason not to wear hand-me-down costumes or to tell the kids not to share?

These hand-me-down religions seldom fit, and professional theology, it seems to me, is mostly a dealing in ol' clo'.

For decades, collar-buttons have been on the hand-me-down shelves of humor; it is a mistake in the catalogue.

Because the hand-me-down knowledge is no longer backed by the mental capacity of a Challon.

You mean that clodhopper with the tight-fitting hand-me-down in the seat behind usyesterday?

Glass was a mild, colourless, middle-aged man, attired in worn hand-me-down garments.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hand-me-down, such as: not new, passed down, previously owned, reach-me-down, secondhand, and second-hand.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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