hand-me-down
Example Sentences
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The chancellor could also offer partial payments, potentially getting smaller for each additional child to reflect that these children might use the same buggy as their siblings or hand-me-down clothes.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Expensive cars and designer clothes weren’t an option; when he learned to drive he was pushing the family’s hand-me-down Acura.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
Yet budget is also a factor; teen drivers often end up with a hand-me-down vehicle or a used vehicle.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024
It is one of the most deprived wards in the city and she recalls a childhood of hand-me-down clothes and poverty.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024
Mother is wearing a simple white dress—like a country bride wearing a hand-me-down, I suddenly think, and I feel a rush of panic that we have overdressed, all of us.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
