hand-me-downs
Example Sentences
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Audience: Gen Xers and millennial kids who had boomer hand-me-downs in their toy chests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
That equates to 7% of transfers being so-called hand-me-downs, which is the highest share Cotality has recorded since it began tracking the data.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
She said there was "less of a stigma" around second-hand clothes and equipment, and she happily accepted hand-me-downs from friends and family.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Some of the archiving materials themselves have been documented: special acid-free folders, hand-me-downs from Getty Museum staffers, show their provenance on exterior labels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
His clothes were all hand-me-downs, and the times he’d been given gifts for Christmas or his birthday, they had usually been shoes and socks and underwear.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
