hand-me-down

The definition of a hand me down is something you inherit from someone else after they no longer need or want it.

(noun)

An example of a hand me down is the clothing your older sibling wore that you have been given to wear.

See hand-me-down in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

adjective

See hand-me-down in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

noun

Something, such as an article of clothing, that is passed on from one person to another.

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