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hand-me-down definition

hand·-me-down (hand′mē do̵un′)

noun

Informal something, esp. an article of clothing, which is used and then passed along to someone else

adjective

  1. used; secondhand
  2. ready-made and cheap

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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